915RWP Derived Data with Sonde at Altitude (ISSRWP)

Information updated on February 23, 2009, 6:09 pm GMT

General Data Description

The 915 MHz wind profiler component of the Integrated Sounding System (ISS) is a three-beam Doppler beam swinging system.

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Data Stream Names

915issrwptempcon - Derived: temperature data from the 915RWP (consensus) and sonde, at altitude

netCDF File Header Description (Data Object Design File)
915issrwpwindcon - Derived: wind data from the 915RWP (consensus) and sonde, at altitude

netCDF File Header Description (Data Object Design File)

Measurement Description

See The UCAR ISS Web Page

Temporal Coverage

twp915issrwptempconX1.a1	01/01/1997	01/24/2001
twp915issrwpwindconX1.a1	01/01/1997	01/24/2001

Area Covered

The ISSRWP was located on the TWP Manus site.

Contacts

ARM Mentor

Jim Mather

ARM Software Developer

Annette Koontz

Acronyms

ISS   Integrated Sounding System
RWP   Radar Wind Profiler
TWP   Tropical Western Pacific

Citable References

Parsons, D., W. Dabberdt, H. Cole, T. Hock, C. Martin, A.-L. Barrett, E. Miller, M. Spowart, M. Howard, W. Ecklund, D. Carter, K. Gage, and J. Wilson, 1994. The Integrated Sounding System: Description and Preliminary Observations from TOGA COARE. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 75, 553-567.