NCAR S-PolKa radar moments data, S-band, CfRadial
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.065

Summary
S-PolKa data from the Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean (RICO) project . This
data set contains data when only S-band data were collected. These data are in
cfRadial format and are available as hourly tar files. This is a companion
data set with S-band/Ka-band Polarimetric (S-Pol) Data cfRadial Format
[NCAR/EOL] which contains the data when both S-band and Ka-band were
collected.

WARNING: This is a big dataset. Each hourly file is 0.8 GB or less. Each order
can contain a maximum of 15.6 GB of data. For very large orders, it may be
preferable for you to access these data via a loaner external hard drive.
Please email the Point of Contact to request these data.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 87.065
 * doi:10.5065/D6NG4NZK
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NG4NZK

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 NCAR/EOL S-Pol Team. 2014. RICO: NCAR S-PolKa radar moments data, S-band,
 CfRadial. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NG4NZK Accessed 25 Apr 2024.

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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
 * RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RICO

Additional information
 * Frequency: continuous
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Radar

Platforms
 * S-PolKa

Instruments
 * Doppler Radar
 * Polarimetric Radar
 * Radar
 * S-PolKa

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > DOPPLER VELOCITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR BACKSCATTER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADIAL VELOCITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > LINE OF SIGHT VELOCITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RETURN POWER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > SPECTRUM WIDTH
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD DYNAMICS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > LINE OF SIGHT WINDS

Related links
 * companion: 87.064: NCAR S-PolKa radar moments data, S- and Ka-band, CfRadial
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.064
 * info: NCAR/UNIDATA CfRadial Data File Format
   https://github.com/NCAR/CfRadial/blob/master/docs/CfRadialDoc.v1.5.20211201.pdf
 * info: S-PolKa Data Sets for RICO
   http://www.eol.ucar.edu/rtf/projects/rico2004/spol/summary/data_info/RICO_spol_datasets.html
 * homepage: RICO Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/rico
 * info: RICO Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/rico-data-policy
 * info: RICO Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/rico/catalog/missions.html

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2004-11-24 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2005-01-25 11:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 21.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 15.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -72.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -57.00

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

Additional contact information
 * author: NCAR/EOL S-Pol Team
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3162

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.065?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.065?format=isotc211