VAD winds from the C-band COW

The dataset consists of vertical profiles of horizontal winds derived from radar Plan Position Indicator (PPI) scans conducted at a 18° elevation angle. The wind profiles were obtained using the Vertical Azimuth Display (VAD) technique, which involves measuring the radial velocity of targets at various azimuth angles and applying a least square fitting procedure to extract the horizontal wind speed and direction as a function of altitude. This method assumes that the wind field is horizontally homogeneous over the radar sampling volume. For more details on the VAD technique, refer to Browning and Wexler (1968). The data are readable ASCII.

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  • Begin:  2022-02-03T00:54:00Z
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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2022-02-03T00:54:00Z
Temporal Range End 2022-03-08T01:12:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 45.48000
Bounding Box South Lat 45.48000
Bounding Box West Long -72.94000
Bounding Box East Long -72.94000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : README_CU_COW_VAD.pdf
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Resource Format TAR/GNU Zip (.tar.gz/.tgz) (application/x-gzip)
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Asset Size 5 MB
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Author Katja Friedrich
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2025-03-06T16:18:43
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/BX4H-KGTA-Q0W
Alternate Identifier 612.061
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-03-10T21:33:12Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::612.061
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Katja Friedrich. (2025). VAD winds from the C-band COW. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/BX4H-KGTA-Q0W. Accessed 03 April 2025.

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