FINECAST VDAS Wind Field Model Output

VDRAS, a 4DVar Four-Dimensional Variational data assimilation system, was used to generate 3-dimensional wind fields for the SNOWIE IOPs. The 300 m WRF simulations were used as input data. Radar data from DOW6 and DOW7, operational and experimental SNOWIE-sounding data, and surface observations were assimilated. The output fields have a 1 km x 1 km x 0.2 km resolution and are centered around the SNOWIE domain. Note that this is a large dataset. You may be required to limit the number of files that you order based on the total size of your order.

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  • Begin:  2017-01-08T00:00:00Z
    End:  2017-03-16T10:00:59Z

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Temporal Range Begin 2017-01-08T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2017-03-16T10:00:59Z
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Bounding Box North Lat 45.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 43.50000
Bounding Box West Long -117.00000
Bounding Box East Long -115.40000
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Documentation #1 : README_CU_FINECAST.pdf
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Resource Format TAR/GNU Zip (.tar.gz/.tgz) (application/x-gzip)
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Asset Size 113926 MB
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Author Katja Friedrich
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2025-02-21T17:54:22
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/FAZT-ZSNK-0G12
Alternate Identifier 534.056
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-03-10T21:33:09Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::534.056
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Katja Friedrich. (2025). FINECAST VDAS Wind Field Model Output. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/FAZT-ZSNK-0G12. Accessed 13 March 2025.

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