UMass FMCW Radar Data

This data set contains vertical profiles of radar moments and Doppler spectra from the University of Massachusetts S-band FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) profiling radar that was deployed at the Scottsboro, Alabama Municipal Airport during the VORTEX-SE 2017 field season. The data are in NetCDF format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2017-03-10T02:26:38Z
    End:  2017-05-01T00:04:57Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2017-03-10T02:26:38Z
Temporal Range End 2017-05-01T00:04:57Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 34.69000
Bounding Box South Lat 34.69000
Bounding Box West Long -86.00000
Bounding Box East Long -86.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : README_UMass_FMCW_VSE2017.txt
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF: Network Common Data Form (application/x-netcdf)
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 465435 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
Distributor NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory

Author Stephen J. Frasier ORCID icon
Joseph Waldinger
William Heberling
Robin L. Tanamachi ORCID icon
Daniel T. Dawson ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2017-10-26T19:02:18
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6N0158V
Alternate Identifier 541.031
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:45:10Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::541.031
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Stephen J. Frasier, Joseph Waldinger, William Heberling, Robin L. Tanamachi, Daniel T. Dawson. (2017). UMass FMCW Radar Data. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6N0158V. Accessed 25 January 2026.

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