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MIPS Hot Plate Data [University of Alabama-Huntsville]

Summary

This data set contains hotplate measurements of liquid equivalent snowfall rates, temperature and wind speed collected coincident with the University of Alabama-Huntsville MIPS profiling system during the PLOWS field seasons. Data are available for 11 and 18 February 2009; 7 and 28 March 2009; 4, 8, 14 and 21 February 2010; and 2 March 2010. The data were provided by the University of Alabama-Huntsville. The data are in a comma-delimited ascii format.

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/113.082
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Related projects	PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms
Frequency	1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Mesonet Precipitation Surface
Platforms	UAH Mobile Integrated Profiling System - MIPS
Instruments	Hotplate
GCMD Science Keywords	LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT Expand keywords
Documentation	hp_data_description.pdf [60 KiB] readme_mipshotplate.txt [1 KiB]
Related links	info: PLOWS 2008-2009 Missions info: PLOWS 2009-2010 Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2009-02-11 00:00:00
End datetime	2010-03-02 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 49.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -104.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -75.00

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EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Citation

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UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2010. MIPS Hot Plate Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/113.082. Accessed 30 May 2020.

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