Data · dataset · 2026
WCR L2 Up-Down Merged with Vertical Velocity Estimate Improved using Sounding Winds
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
This dataset contains 24 IOPs (23 Research Flights - IOP 18 had no flights) worth of data obtained from the Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR) aboard the UWKA Research Aircraft.
Description
The data is considered an analysis product rather than the standard WCR data offering due to an additional field (w_corrected) that has been appended to the standard Level 2 (L2) file. This analysis is only being offered with the L2 merged (up-down antennas) product.
The w_corrected field employs a sounding correction to produce an estimate of the hydrometeor vertical velocity field from the WCR along level flight legs. The sounding name/time and w_corr field descriptors have been included as attributes to the .nc (netCDF) files. In general, the IPC Crouch Sounding from the SNOWIE project was employed to correct the w field.
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This is a single sounding closest to the center flight time for each RF in SNOWIE, at a location closest to the UWKA flight tracks in SNOWIE (Crouch). These data are available as tar.gz files by flight.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.5065/d69c6w3w ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/wcr-l2-up-down-merged-with-vertical-velocity-estimate-… ↗
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=567c4783-dae3-42db-b35d-a1c9132c5… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 567c4783-dae3-42db-b35d-a1c9132c50d1 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| 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 |