Datastream : 915RWPTEMPMOM
915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP915): temperature moments
Active Dates
1997.05.01 - 2011.06.13
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 |
| Base time in Epoch | seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00 | base_time |
| Array of heights for the range gates | km | height ( height ) |
| North latitude | degree_N | lat |
| East longitude | degree_E | lon |
| Mean radial beam velocity | m/s; 100*%, see comment | mdf ( time, height ) |
| 1000*log(base10) of noise signal level | logcounts | noise ( time, height ) |
| Range gate spacing | m | rgs ( time ) |
| Sampling rate | MHz | sampr ( time ) |
| Mean sound speed | m/s; 100*%, see comment | smdf ( time, height ) |
| Signal to noise ratio | dB*100 | snr ( time, height ) |
| Spectral width | m/s; 100*%, see comment | specw ( time, height ) |
| Acoustic signal to noise ratio | dB*100 | ssnr ( time, height ) |
| Acoustic spectral width | m/s; 100*%, see comment | sspecw ( time, height ) |
| Time offset from midnight | time ( time ) | |
| Time offset from base_time | time_offset ( time ) | |
| Virtual temperature | degC | virtual_temp ( time, height ) |
Locations
- North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Whitewater, KS (A1)
- Beaumont, KS (ABLE) (A2)
- Oxford, KS (A5)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Beaumont, KS (Intermediate) (I1)
- Medicine Lodge, KS (I2)
- Meeker, OK (Intermediate) (I3)
Contact(s)
Richard Coulter
(630) 252-5833
rlcoulter@anl.gov
Timothy Martin
technical contact
(630) 252-8708
tjmartin@anl.gov
