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MP1 OU/NSSL CLAMPS Doppler Lidar VAD Wind Data

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PECAN

Summary

This data set contains horizontal wind measurements at 2 minute intervals using the velocity-azimuth display (VAD) technique from the Doppler Lidar that was aboard the PECAN Mobile PISA 1 OU/NSSL CLAMPS vehicle that was at locations around the central US for most PECAN IOPs and UFOs.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BR8QJH
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2016-07-06)
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Related projects	PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	2 minute
Language	English
Categories	Lidar Upper Air
Platforms	Collaborative Lower Atmospheric Mobile Profiling System (CLAMPS)
Instruments	Doppler Lidar Lidar
Sites	Mobile PISA 1 - OU/NSSL CLAMPS
GCMD Science Keywords	VELOCITY AZIMUTH DISPLAY VERTICAL WIND PROFILES VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Expand keywords
Documentation	README.clamps_deployments.txt [4 KiB] README.dlvad.txt [2 KiB]
Related links	info: PECAN Data Policy homepage: PECAN Home Page info: PECAN Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2015-06-03 00:00:00
End datetime	2015-07-14 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 43.5047, Minimum (South) Latitude: 37.1518
Minimum (West) Longitude: -101.1507, Maximum (East) Longitude: -87.6414

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: David Turner <dave.turner@noaa.gov>

Citation

Turner, D. 2016. MP1 OU/NSSL CLAMPS Doppler Lidar VAD Wind Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BR8QJH. Accessed 14 Jan 2026.

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