Data · dataset · 2026
Engineering Report on a Dropsonde for Measuring Vertical Wind Velocity in Thunderstorms
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
This report describes a special dropsonde for measuring and mapping the vertical wind inside thunderstorms.
Description
One the possible ways of measuring vertical wind is to drop instruments from an airplane into the tops of thunderstorms. The report details Doppler radar which can give measurements over most of a storm, wherever there is rain, snow, or hail.
Vertical speed is determined by observing the vertical speed of the reflecting precipitation particles and then applying a correction for the fall speed of these particles.
Links
Get the data
- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7db818b ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/engineering-report-on-a-dropsonde-for-measuring-vertic… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=55271d86-7d20-448c-8022-08b8eab7e… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 55271d86-7d20-448c-8022-08b8eab7e927 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |