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WISP04: NCAR S-Pol radar moments data, CfRadial

Summary

S-Pol data from the Winter Icing and Storms Project (WISP-04). These data are in cfRadial format and are available as hourly tar files.

Archive note

WARNING: This is a big dataset. Each file is on average 508 MB of data. Each order can contain a maximum of 24 GB of data (~47 files or ~1/3 of the dataset). For very large orders, it may be preferable for you to access these data via a loaner external hard drive. Please email the Point of Contact to request these data.

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ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BC3WRK
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2015-02-17)
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Related projects	WISP04: Winter Icing and Storms Project, 2004
Frequency	continuous
Language	English
Categories	Radar
Platforms	S-PolKa
Instruments	Doppler Radar Polarimetric Radar Radar S-PolKa
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC WINDS CLOUD DYNAMICS CLOUD MICROPHYSICS CLOUD PROPERTIES CLOUDS DOPPLER VELOCITY LINE OF SIGHT VELOCITY LINE OF SIGHT WINDS MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY PRECIPITATION RADAR RADAR BACKSCATTER RADAR REFLECTIVITY RADIAL VELOCITY RETURN POWER SPECTRUM WIDTH WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 19 more... Expand keywords
Related links	info: NCAR/UNIDATA CfRadial Data File Format homepage: WISP04 Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-02-03 16:00:00
End datetime	2004-04-08 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 40.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -105.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: NCAR/EOL S-Pol Team

Citation

NCAR/EOL S-Pol Team. 2015. WISP04: NCAR S-Pol radar moments data, CfRadial. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BC3WRK. Accessed 08 Nov 2024.

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