NOAA PSL Radar Wind Profiler, Radio Acoustic Sounding System, and Surface Meteorology Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/637.001 Summary Vertical profiles of wind and virtual temperature and surface meteorology data from the NOAA/PSL Radar Wind Profilers (RWP), Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) and weather stations that were deployed at Oakdale, LA; Greenwood and Starkville, MS; and Courtland, AL for the DELTA (Detecting and Evaluating Low-level Tornado Attributes) campaign. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 637.001 * doi:10.26023/BDBX-CACP-WZ11 https://doi.org/10.26023/BDBX-CACP-WZ11 Versions 1.0 Citation Wilczak, J., Gottas, D., White, A. 2024. DELTA: NOAA PSL Radar Wind Profiler, Radio Acoustic Sounding System, and Surface Meteorology Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/BDBX-CACP-WZ11 Accessed 12 Jul 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). 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 * DELTA: Detecting and Evaluating Low-level Tornado Attributes https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DELTA Additional information * Frequency: criteria * Language: English Categories * Upper Air Platforms * Fixed Observation Stations * Weather Stations Instruments * Anemometers * Automated Weather System * Barometers * HMP45C Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe * Net Radiometers * Pyranometers * Rain Gauges * Wind Profilers * Wind Vanes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADIAL VELOCITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > NET RADIATION Documentation * ACP_SiteInfo.pdf [4 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB13E/ACP_SiteInfo.pdf * ACP_SurfaceMet_format.pdf [85 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB13F/ACP_SurfaceMet_format.pdf * CTD_SiteInfo.pdf [3 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB140/CTD_SiteInfo.pdf * CTD_SurfaceMet_format.pdf [92 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB141/CTD_SurfaceMet_format.pdf * GWO_SiteInfo.pdf [3 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB142/GWO_SiteInfo.pdf * GWO_SurfaceMet_format.pdf [85 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB143/GWO_SurfaceMet_format.pdf * PSL_RASS_description.pdf [289 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB144/PSL_RASS_description.pdf * PSL_RWP_Description.pdf [356 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB145/PSL_RWP_Description.pdf * RASS_format.pdf [62 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB146/RASS_format.pdf * README.DELTA2024_RWPRASS_WindTemp_Dataset_Info.pdf [429 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB147/README.DELTA2024_RWPRASS_WindTemp_Dataset_Info.pdf * RWP_format.pdf [62 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB148/RWP_format.pdf * STF_SiteInfo.pdf [4 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB149/STF_SiteInfo.pdf * STF_SurfaceMet_format.pdf [85 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5580BB73BB14A/STF_SurfaceMet_format.pdf Restrictions * authorization required Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2024-01-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2024-04-14 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.66 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.74 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -92.69 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -87.35 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: James M. Wilczak https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2524 * author: Daniel J. Gottas https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2544 * author: Allen White https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3310 * principalInvestigator: James M. Wilczak https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2524 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/637.001?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/637.001?format=isotc211