Datastream : 915RWPPRECIPCON
915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler, precipitation consensus data
Active Dates
2009.05.20 - 2013.05.20
Measurement Categories
Atmospheric State, Cloud Properties
Originating Instrument
Radar Wind Profiler (RWP)
Measurements
Only measurements considered scientifically relevant are shown below by default.
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| Measurement | Units | Variable |
|---|---|---|
| Altitude above mean sea level | m | alt |
| Averaging interval | min | avgint ( time, power ) |
| Base time in Epoch | seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00 | base_time |
| Delay time to first gate | us | dly ( power ) |
| Array of heights for each power | km | height_p ( range_gate, power ) |
| Interpulse period | us | ipp ( power ) |
| North latitude | degree_N | lat |
| East longitude | degree_E | lon |
| Number of values that passed consensus | count | ncns ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Number of coherent samples per spectral point | count | ncoh ( power ) |
| Number of valid heights for each power | count | nheight ( power ) |
| Number of values required for consensus | count | nrcns ( time, power ) |
| Number of spectra per averaging interval | count | nrec ( time, power ) |
| Number of individual spectra per average spectrum | count | nspc ( power ) |
| Pulse length | ns | plen ( power ) |
| Power offset | unitless | power ( power ) |
| Pulse repetition frequency | kHz | prf ( power ) |
| Height index | index | range_gate ( range_gate ) |
| Height of center of first range gate | km | rgf ( power ) |
| Height of center of last range gate | km | rgl ( power ) |
| Range gate spacing | m | rgs ( time, power ) |
| Sampling rate | MHz | sampr ( time, power ) |
| Signal to noise ratio | dB | snr ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Time domain integration time | ms | tditime ( power ) |
| Time offset from midnight | time ( time ) | |
| Time offset from base_time | time_offset ( time ) | |
| Vertical FFT bandwidth | m/s | vband ( power ) |
| Radial wind speed | m/s | vel ( time, range_gate, power ) |
Locations
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Lamont, OK (NW radar wind profiler site, Intermediate / Auxiliary) (I10)
- Tonkawa, OK (NE radar wind profiler site, Intermediate / Auxiliary) (I8)
- Billings, OK (SE radar wind profiler site, Intermediate / Auxiliary) (I9)
- Supplemental 7, Lamont, OK (S07)
- Supplemental 8, Lamont, OK (S08)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PVC)
- Highland Center, Cape Cod MA; AMF 1 (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (SBS)
- Steamboat Springs CO, Valley Site (M1)
Contact(s)
Richard Coulter
(630) 252-5833
rlcoulter@anl.gov
Timothy Martin
technical contact
(630) 252-8708
tjmartin@anl.gov
