readme.915      Readme file for MIPS 915MHz wind profiler data

MIPS DC3 915 

PI Larry Carey

Site information:

MIPS Location For All DC3 Operations
Latitude: 34° 43' 24" N
Longitude: 86° 38' 31" W
Elevation: 696 ft (212 m)

MIPS IOP Days
20120521
20120531
20120603
20120604
20120605
20120611

For more technical information visit: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/mips

The 915 MHz Wind Profiler data is in 3 forms:
        1) raw, binary spectra (*.SPC)
        2) raw, ascii 30 min consensus winds and 60 min RASS temperatures (*.CNS)
        3) NIMA/NWCA-processed, ascii 30 min consensus winds (*.edg)

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1) The raw, binary files containing spectra are located in the 'raw' directory
and are named DYYJJJA.SPC and HYYJJJA.SPC where:

C   -> file contents - D for data, H for header
YY  -> two digit year
JJJ -> Julian day
A   -> reference, if more than one file
SPC -> spectral data

Refer to the document "915_raw_data_format.doc" (included with this dataset) for
the format of these data.

The directional (wind) data has been adjusted for MIPS heading but should be
corrected for magnetic declination at each of the MIPS sites.


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2) The raw, 30 min consensus wind (produced by the profiler POP4 software)
are also located in the 'raw' directory and are named WYYJJJ.CNS where:

C   -> file contents - W for winds, T for (virtual) temperature
YY  -> two digit year
JJJ -> Julian day
CNS -> consensus data

Refer to the document "915_raw_data_format.doc" for the format of the *.CNS data.

The directional (wind) data has been adjusted for MIPS heading

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If you have any questions, please contact:

Plotting software avaiable on demand. Most programs are written in the PVWave Code Langauge

Dustin Phillips
ph:  256-961-7008
email:  phillips@nsstc.uah.edu