NCAR S-PolKa Radar Rain Type Data: DYNAMO Legacy Collection

This data set contains the 15 minute resolution gridded rain type (convective and stratiform) data from the NCAR/EOL S-PolKa S-band Doppler radar that was located on Addu Atoll of the Maldive Islands during DYNAMO. The data are in NetCDF format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2012-01-16T00:30:30Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2012-01-16T00:30:30Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat -0.63040
Bounding Box South Lat -0.63040
Bounding Box West Long 73.10270
Bounding Box East Long 73.10270
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : radar_spolka_readme.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF: Network Common Data Form (application/x-netcdf)
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 1557 MB
Legal Constraints

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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon
Distributor NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Author Shuyi Chen ORCID icon
Stacy R. Brodzik ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Publication Date 2018-06-07T18:42:44
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/W697-QQR2-5S14
Alternate Identifier 347.205
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:48:12Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::347.205
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Shuyi Chen, Stacy R. Brodzik. (2018). NCAR S-PolKa Radar Rain Type Data: DYNAMO Legacy Collection. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/W697-QQR2-5S14. Accessed 28 February 2026.

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