Find data

Projects

Platforms

Instruments

Keywords

Datasets listed reflect the metadata choices previously made, and the current choices above reflect available metadata from those datasets.

Data access is temporarily unavailable due to unexpected downtime. Access is expected to be restored Tuesday, Feb 17 (no order links are currently displayed).

DELTA: NSSL Mobile Lidar Truck Doppler Lidar Data

Summary

Wind profile data from the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Mobile Doppler lidar that was deployed in locations around the central United States for the Detecting and Evaluating Low-level Tornado Attributes (DELTA) campaign.

Data access

Data access is temporarily unavailable due to unexpected downtime. Access is expected to be restored Tuesday, Feb 17

authorization required

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/JSZE-6SGZ-XA0W
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2024-12-20): Final processed data.
Subscribe	Subscribe to receive email when new or updated data is available.
Related projects	DELTA: Detecting and Evaluating Low-level Tornado Attributes
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	NSSL Lidar Truck Vehicles
Instruments	Doppler Lidar Lidar
GCMD Science Keywords	BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS CLOUD BASE HEIGHT DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEMS DOPPLER VELOCITY HORIZONTAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED LIDAR BACKSCATTER U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	DELTA-NSSL-lidar-README.pdf [229 KiB]
Restrictions	authorization required
Related links	info: DELTA Data Policy homepage: DELTA EOL Homepage info: DELTA Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2024-02-28 00:00:00
End datetime	2024-04-02 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 38.19, Minimum (South) Latitude: 33.21
Minimum (West) Longitude: -98.43, Maximum (East) Longitude: -87.78

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Elizabeth N. Smith <elizabeth.smith@noaa.gov>
author: Tyler Bell <tyler.bell@noaa.gov>
author: Michael Coniglio <michael.coniglio@noaa.gov>

Citation

Smith, E., Bell, T., Coniglio, M. 2024. DELTA: NSSL Mobile Lidar Truck Doppler Lidar Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/JSZE-6SGZ-XA0W. Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

Today's date is shown: please replace with the date of your most recent access.

Additional citation styles

The citation text below is from the DataCite Content Resolver service and may take a few seconds to load. The styles and locales are obtained from CrossCite, which also provides a citation formatter. See ReFindit for another alternative. Formatting is not perfect: please verify and edit before use. Today's date is shown: please replace with the date of your most recent access.

Style: Locale: