PECAN: NCAR S-Pol radar time series data
Summary
S-Pol Radar full time series data collected during the Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) campaign from 9 March 2015 to 16 July 2015. This is a "realtime" PECAN data set. The files are a mix of hourly files ("SPOL_scan") and episodic files (SPOL_vert and SPOL_sunscan). The files are in Integrated Weather Radar Facility (IWRF) format and are available as tar archives.
Archive note
WARNING: This is a large dataset. Files are on average ~30GB/file. The maximum data order size is 100GB.
Data access
- ORDER data to made available for download
Additional information
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| Language | English |
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Temporal coverage
| Begin datetime | 2015-03-09 16:00:00 |
| End datetime | 2015-07-16 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
43.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
32.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-105.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-90.00
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. 2016. PECAN: NCAR S-Pol radar time series data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6VD6WNC. Accessed 12 Nov 2025.
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