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915rwpwindcon Archive Data Plot
Datastream : 915RWPWINDCON
915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP915): wind consensus data
Active Dates
2001.03.27 - 2013.02.20
Measurement Categories
Atmospheric State
Originating Instrument
Radar Wind Profiler (RWP)
Measurements
Only measurements considered scientifically relevant are shown below by default.
Show all measurements
| Measurement | Units | Variable |
|---|---|---|
| Altitude above mean sea level | m | alt |
| Averaging interval | min | avgint ( time, power ) |
| Azimuth of beam 0 | deg | azimuth0 ( power ) |
| Azimuth of beam 1 | deg | azimuth1 ( power ) |
| Azimuth of beam 2 | deg | azimuth2 ( power ) |
| Azimuth of beam 3 | deg | azimuth3 ( power ) |
| Azimuth of beam 4 | deg | azimuth4 ( power ) |
| Base time in Epoch | seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00 | base_time |
| Horizontal wind direction | deg | dir ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Delay time to first gate | us | dly ( power ) |
| Elevation angle of beam 0 | deg | elevation0 ( power ) |
| Elevation angle of beam 1 | deg | elevation1 ( power ) |
| Elevation angle of beam 2 | deg | elevation2 ( power ) |
| Elevation angle of beam 3 | deg | elevation3 ( power ) |
| Elevation angle of beam 4 | deg | elevation4 ( 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, beam 0 | count | ncns0 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Number of values that passed consensus, beam 1 | count | ncns1 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Number of values that passed consensus, beam 2 | count | ncns2 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Number of values that passed consensus, beam 3 | count | ncns3 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Number of values that passed consensus, beam 4 | count | ncns4 ( 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, beam 0 | count | nrcns0 ( time, power ) |
| Number of values required for consensus, beam 1 | count | nrcns1 ( time, power ) |
| Number of values required for consensus, beam 2 | count | nrcns2 ( time, power ) |
| Number of values required for consensus, beam 3 | count | nrcns3 ( time, power ) |
| Number of values required for consensus, beam 4 | count | nrcns4 ( time, power ) |
| Number of spectra per averaging interval, beam 0 | count | nrec0 ( time, power ) |
| Number of spectra per averaging interval, beam 1 | count | nrec1 ( time, power ) |
| Number of spectra per averaging interval, beam 2 | count | nrec2 ( time, power ) |
| Number of spectra per averaging interval, beam 3 | count | nrec3 ( time, power ) |
| Number of spectra per averaging interval, beam 4 | count | nrec4 ( time, power ) |
| Number of individual spectra per average spectrum | count | nspc ( power ) |
| Oblique FFT bandwidth | m/s | oband ( 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, beam 0 | dB | snr0 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Signal to noise ratio, beam 1 | dB | snr1 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Signal to noise ratio, beam 2 | dB | snr2 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Signal to noise ratio, beam 3 | dB | snr3 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Signal to noise ratio, beam 4 | dB | snr4 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Horizontal wind speed | m/s | spd ( 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 ) | |
| Easterly wind component | m/s | u_wind ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Northerly wind component | m/s | v_wind ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Vertical FFT bandwidth | m/s | vband ( power ) |
| Beam 0 radial wind speed | m/s | vel0 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Beam 1 radial wind speed | m/s | vel1 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Beam 2 radial wind speed | m/s | vel2 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Beam 3 radial wind speed | m/s | vel3 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
| Beam 4 radial wind speed | m/s | vel4 ( time, range_gate, power ) |
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 (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
