Data · dataset · 2026
VAD winds from the DOW7 or USD
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
The dataset consists of vertical profiles of horizontal winds derived from radar Plan Position Indicator (PPI) scans conducted at a 18° elevation angle.
Description
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 format is readable ASCII.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.26023/v7t4-066f-rv11 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/vad-winds-from-the-dow7-or-usd ↗
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=24740ae6-ae1f-4ca9-92a5-a2196a167… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 68%
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 24740ae6-ae1f-4ca9-92a5-a2196a16792b | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · data ucar edu | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (68%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | 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 |