UMass S-band FMCW Profiling Radar data, in netCDF format

Summary

This data set contains UMass S-band FMCW Profiling Radar data collected during the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 field campaign from 7 March to 30 April 2016. The data are available as hourly tar files in netCDF format. Also included with this data set are summary images and the file flag2.nc.

Archive note

WARNING: This is a large dataset. Each order can contain a maximum of 16 GB of data (approximately 2 days).

Data access

• ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D67P8WS3
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2016-10-17)
Metadata download	Text DataCite ISO/TC 211 Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "Downloads"
Related projects	VORTEX-SE_2016: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 Field Campaign
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	continuous
Language	English
Categories	Radar
Platforms	University of Massachusetts FMCW Radar
Documentation	00_Readme.vortexse_fmcw.txt [5 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2016-03-07 00:00:00
End datetime	2016-04-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 25.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -95.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -75.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

• author: Stephen Frasier <frasier@umass.edu>
• author: Joseph Waldinger <jwaldinger@umass.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

Frasier, S., Waldinger, J. 2016. UMass S-band FMCW Profiling Radar data, in netCDF format. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D67P8WS3. Accessed 21 Sep 2019.

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