Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN)
Instrument Categories: Atmospheric Profiling
General Overview
Data from an array of wind profilers are provided from NOAA's Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) Demonstration Division . These data include wind profiles, spectral moments, RASS temperature profiles, GPS, and surface observations.
Primary Measurements Taken
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the netCDF File Header Descriptions (Data Object Design Files) for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- Atmospheric moisture
- Atmospheric pressure
- Atmospheric temperature
- Atmospheric turbulence
- Horizontal wind
- Precipitation
- Precipitable water
- Radar Doppler
- Vertical velocity
- Virtual temperature
Available Value-Added Products
This instrument is an input to the following value-added products, which provide improved measurements or derived quantities.
- 30wpdngps - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): total precipitable water vapor from GPS, 30 min
Available Datastreams
- 06fslwpdnmet - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): 6-min meteorological data
- 06fslwpdnrass - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): 6-min RASS data
- 06wpdnmmts - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): 6-min wind moments
- 60fslwpdnmet - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): meteorology data, 60-min
- 60fslwpdnrass - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): RASS data, 60-min
- 60wpdnrass - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): RASS virtual temperature data, 60-min
- 60wpdnsurf - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): surface meterology data, 60-min
- 60wpdnwnds - Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): 60-minute consensus average wind components
Sites / Facilities
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- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
