McGill VertiX Vertically Pointing Radar Data

The McGill Radar Observatory operates 2 vertically pointing X-band radars (VertiX) at 2 sites on the island of Montreal. The vertically pointing X-band radars can detect all precipitation targets and some ice clouds. They can also measure the Doppler velocity of precipitation targets. They allow the production of very detailed radar images of weather as it passes overhead. The radar located at the McGill Radar site (JSM) on the west of the Island is dual-polarized while the one on Burnside Hall (BH) downtown is single polarized. The dual-polarization permits additional information on the variability of shapes of the precipitation targets that the single polarization radar cannot.

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  • Begin:  2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2022-03-21T11:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2022-03-21T11:59:59Z
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Bounding Box North Lat 45.50472
Bounding Box South Lat 45.42389
Bounding Box West Long -73.93778
Bounding Box East Long -73.57500
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Documentation #1 : McGill_VertiX_WINTREMIX_Info.pdf
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Resource Format NetCDF: Network Common Data Form (application/x-netcdf)
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Asset Size 31596 MB
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Author Frederic Fabry
Véronique Meunier
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2022-11-16T18:27:40
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/XR71-6MFJ-Y508
Alternate Identifier 612.043
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-02-07T22:44:53Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::612.043
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Frederic Fabry, Véronique Meunier. (2022). McGill VertiX Vertically Pointing Radar Data. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/XR71-6MFJ-Y508. Accessed 24 November 2024.

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