Identification

Title

VAD winds from the C-band COW

Alternative title(s)

612.061

Abstract

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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/612.061

protocol: https

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=612.061

protocol: https

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via HTTPS.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

612.061

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Vehicles

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > SNOW STORMS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > HORIZONTAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-72.94000

East bounding longitude

-72.94000

North bounding latitude

45.48000

South bounding latitude

45.48000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2022-02-03T00:54:00Z

End position

2022-03-08T01:12:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2025-03-06T16:18:43Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-10T21:33:12Z

Metadata language

eng; USA