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UAH RaDAPS Sodar Data

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VORTEX-SE_2018

Summary

This data set contains vertical profiles of wind speed, wind direction and vertical wind speed at five minute temporal resolution from the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) sodar deployed as part of the UAH Rapid Deployable Atmospheric Profiling System (RaDAPS) during the 2018 VORTEX-SE field season.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/2ZW2-AYRW-TV0A
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2019-10-31)
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Related projects	VORTEX-SE_2018: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2018 Field campaign
Frequency	5 minute
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	UAH RaDAPS - Rapid Deployable Atmospheric Profiling System
Instruments	Sound Detection and Ranging - SODAR
GCMD Science Keywords	BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Expand keywords
Documentation	2018_VSE_Sodar_data_readme.pdf [59 KiB] Sodar_Data_Format.pdf [432 KiB]
Related links	homepage: VORTEX-SE 2018 EOL Homepage info: VORTEX-SE Data Policy homepage: VORTEX-SE EOL Website info: VORTEX-SE_2018 Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2018-03-19 00:00:00
End datetime	2018-04-14 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.73, Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.54
Minimum (West) Longitude: -87.35, Maximum (East) Longitude: -85.93

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Preston Pangle <ptp0001@uah.edu>
author: Kevin Knupp <kevin.knupp@uah.edu>
principalInvestigator: Kevin Knupp <kevin.knupp@uah.edu>

Citation

Pangle, P., Knupp, K. 2019. UAH RaDAPS Sodar Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/2ZW2-AYRW-TV0A. Accessed 12 Dec 2024.

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