Recently the Radar Meteorology Group at Colorado State University has completed major case studies of some top cases from MC3E including 25 April, 20 May and 23 May 2011. A discussion on the analysis methods as well as radar quality control methods is included. For each case, a brief overview is first provided. Then, multiple Doppler (using available X-SAPR and C-SAPR data) analyses are presented including statistics on vertical air motions, sub-divided by convective and stratiform precipitation. Mean profiles and CFAD's of vertical motion are included to facilitate comparison with ASR model simulations. Retrieved vertical motion has also been verified with vertically pointing profiler data. Finally for each case, hydrometeor types are included derived from polarimetric radar observations. The latter can be used to provide comparisons to model-generated hydrometeor fields. Instructions for accessing all the data fields are also included. The web page can be found at: http://radarmet.atmos.colostate.edu/mc3e/research/
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hksr > Kinematic and Hydrometer Data Products from Scanning Radars during MC3EData Source Type(s) > PI
Purpose
Data were collected in support of the MC3E combined DOE / NASA field project in 2011. The purpose of this data set is to provide 3D kinematic and microphysical information for case analysis and comparisons with model generated fields.
Primary Measurements
Locations
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Data Details
| Developed By | Alyssa Matthews | Steven Rutledge | Brenda Dolan |
| Contact | Alyssa Matthews |
| Resource(s) |
Data Directory ReadMe |
| Data format | netcdf |
| Site | SGP |
| Content time range | 25 April 2011 - 23 May 2011 |
| Attribute accuracy | No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted |
| Positional accuracy | No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted |
| Data Consistency and Completeness | Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract.Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for addtional details. We have carefully quality controlled the data used in the analysis to the best of our abilities, and have not included data that may be bad (such as from severe radome attenuation). |
| Access Restriction | No access constraints are associated with this data. |
| Use Restriction | No use constraints are associated with this data. |
| File naming convention | YearMoDy_UTCHrMn_grid_combined (grid to indicate gridded data and combined for hydormeteor and wind analysis fields) |
| Directory Organization | Each case is in a separate directory; each directory contains the netcdf files and a subdirectory with images at 2 km of 2 panel reflectivity with winds and hydrometeor classification) |