UMass X-Pol Radar Data in DORADE format
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/527.028

Summary
This data set contains data from the University of Massachusetts X-Pol Radar.
It was collected during intense observation periods between 14 March and 30
April 2016 for the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes
EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 Field Campaign. This data is provided in
the DORADE sweep format and has undergone some processing. For more
information about the instrument, data product, and processing, see the
included Readme file.

Files have been compressed by date and hour using tar and qzip.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 527.028

Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation):

 Frasier, S., et al. 2017. UMass X-Pol Radar Data in DORADE format. Version
 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/527.028 Accessed 22 Jan 2021.

If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at:
 eol-datahelp@ucar.edu
We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI.

Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * VORTEX-SE_2016: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes
EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 Field Campaign
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX-SE_2016

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: unknown
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Radar

Platforms
 * XPOL

Instruments
 * Doppler Radar
 * Polarimetric Radar

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > SPECTRUM WIDTH
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADIAL VELOCITY > MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > DOPPLER VELOCITY

Documentation
 * UMass_XP_Readme.txt [7 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/527.028/UMass_XP_Readme.txt

Related links
 * info: VORTEX-SE_2016
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex-se_2016/tools/missions

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2016-03-14 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2016-04-30 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.922
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.597
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -87.775
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -86.88

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Stephen Frasier <frasier@umass.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/247
 * author: William Heberling <wheberling@umass.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2232
 * author: Joseph Waldinger <jwaldinger@umass.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2195
 * author: Robin L. Tanamachi <rtanamachi@purdue.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1562
 * author: Daniel T. Dawson <dandawson@purdue.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2215

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/527.028?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/527.028?format=isotc211