ARM Wind Profilers (50 MHz) [ARM]

Summary

This data set contains hourly vertical profiles horizontal wind speed and wind direction retrieved from the Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) 50 MHz Radar Wind Profiler. The 50 MHz profiler was operated at the ARM SGP Central Facility near Lamont, Oklahoma. This data set covers the period from 20 May to 31 July 2003. These data are in netCDF format.

Data access

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/85.044
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Related projects	BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Sounding
Platforms	50 Mhz Profiler
Documentation	profiler_ARM50wind.htm [2 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2003-05-20 00:00:00
End datetime	2003-07-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 36.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -98.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -97.00

Primary point of contact information

Richard L. Coulter <rl_coulter@anl.gov>

Additional contact information

• author: Atmospheric Measurements Program

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

Atmospheric Measurements Program. 2007. ARM Wind Profilers (50 MHz). Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/85.044. Accessed 16 Sep 2019.

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