UAH Mobile Alabama X-Band (MAX) Radar data

This dataset contains X-band radar data taken from the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Mobile Alabama X-band (MAX) radar as a part of the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) project. The data are in Dorade Sweep format and are available as daily TAR/GNU zip files. The files range from approximately 0.5 KB - 1.6 GB in size.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2012-05-18T00:00:00Z
    End:  2012-06-11T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2012-05-18T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2012-06-11T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 36.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 34.00000
Bounding Box West Long -87.00000
Bounding Box East Long -85.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : DC3_AL_MAX_Data_Documentation_July.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format TAR/GNU Zip (.tar.gz/.tgz) (application/x-gzip)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 4622 MB
Legal Constraints

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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Author Lawrence D. Carey ORCID icon
Mariana Scott ORCID icon
Elise Schultz
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Publication Date 2013-06-21T19:58:14
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/R2G6-C50Z-4W03
Alternate Identifier 353.108
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:48:56Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::353.108
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Lawrence D. Carey, Mariana Scott, Elise Schultz. (2013). UAH Mobile Alabama X-Band (MAX) Radar data. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/R2G6-C50Z-4W03. Accessed 04 March 2026.

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