Datastream : 915RWPWINDMOM
915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP915): wind moments
Active Dates
2001.03.27 - 2012.09.21
Measurement Categories
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 |
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Altitude above mean sea level | m | alt |
Base time in Epoch | seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00 | base_time |
Beam azimuth angle | deg | beam_azimuth ( time ) |
Beam elevation angle | deg | beam_elevation ( time ) |
Rx bandwidth switch code | unitless | bswitch ( time ) |
Delay time to first gate | us | dly ( time ) |
Array of heights for each sample time | km | height_t ( time, range_gate ) |
Interpulse period | us | ipp ( time ) |
North latitude | degree_N | lat |
East longitude | degree_E | lon |
Mean radial beam velocity | m/s; 100*%, see comment | mdf ( time, range_gate ) |
Number of coherent samples per spectral point | count | ncoh ( time ) |
Number of valid heights | count | nheight ( time ) |
1000*log(base10) of noise signal level | logcounts | noise ( time, range_gate ) |
Number of individual spectra per average spectrum | count | nspc ( time ) |
Oblique FFT bandwidth | m/s | oband ( time ) |
Number of pulse code bits | count | pcbits ( time ) |
Pulse length | ns | plen ( time ) |
Pulse repetition frequency | kHz | prf ( time ) |
Height index | index | range_gate ( range_gate ) |
Height of center of first range gate | km | rgf ( time ) |
Height of center of last range gate | km | rgl ( time ) |
Range gate spacing | m | rgs ( time ) |
Sampling rate | MHz | sampr ( time ) |
Individual spectrum integration time | s | sitime ( time ) |
Signal to noise ratio | dB*100 | snr ( time, range_gate ) |
Average time per average spectra. Also known as dwell. | s | spcavetime ( time ) |
Spectral width | m/s; 100*%, see comment | specw ( time, range_gate ) |
Time domain integration time | ms | tditime ( time ) |
Time offset from midnight | time ( time ) | |
Time offset from base_time | time_offset ( time ) | |
Vertical FFT bandwidth | m/s | vband ( time ) |
Radial velocity spectral resolution | m/s | vsr ( time ) |
Locations
- North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Beaumont, KS (Intermediate) (I1)
- Medicine Lodge, KS (I2)
- Meeker, OK (Intermediate) (I3)
- ARM Mobile Facility (NIM)
- Niamey, Niger (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