sgp06fslwpdnmetX1.b1 and sgp60fslwpdnmetX1.b1
sgp06fslwpdnrassX1.b1 and sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.b1
sgp06wpdnmmtsX1.a1
sgp60wpdnrassX1.b1
sgp60wpdnsurfX1.b1
sgp60wpdnwndsX1.b1
sgp06fslwpdnmetX1.b1 and sgp60fslwpdnmetX1.b1
These data streams replace sgp06wpdnmmtsX1.a1, sgp60wpdnsurfX1.b1 and
sgp60wpdnwndsX1.b1.
The "06" files represent 6 minute averages while the
"60" files are hourly averages.
There is one file per day.
The parameters reported/measured for each time step and each station are:
- station latitude and longitude (degrees)
- station altitude (meters Above Mean Sea Level)
- station number
- pressure MSL (hectopascal)
- relative humidity (percent)
- surface wind speed (meters/sec)
- surface wind direction (degrees)
- surface rainfall rate (kg/meter2/sec)
- NOAA wind profiler submode information
For each level:
- height above station (meters)
- wind profiler mode information
- U wind component (meters/second) and quality control test results
- V wind component (meters/second) and quality control test results
- W wind component (meters/second) and quality control test results
- Wind speed standard deviation (meters/second)
For each beam direction:
- Azimuth of beam (degrees)
- Elevation of beam (degrees)
For each level and each beam direction:
- Data quality control test results for moments
- consensus number
- Spectral peak power (dB)
- Radial velocity (meters/sec)
- Velocity variance (meter2/sec2)
sgp06fslwpdnrassX1.b1 and sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.b1
These data streams replace sgp60wpdnrassX1.b1 and sgp60wpdnsurfX1.b1.
The surface meteorological measurements are the same as in sgp06fslwpdnmetX1.b1
and sgp60fslwpdnmetX1.b1
The "06" files represent 6 minute averages while the
"60" files are hourly averages.
There is one file per day.
The parameters reported/measured for each time step and each station are:
- station latitude and longitude (degrees)
- station altitude (meters Above Mean Sea Level)
- station number
- pressure MSL (hectopascal)
- relative humidity (percent)
- surface wind speed (meters/sec)
- surface wind direction (degrees)
- surface rainfall rate (kg/meter2/sec)
- NOAA wind profiler submode information
For each level:
- Data quality control test results for moments
- Virtual temperature consensus number
- Spectral peak power (dB)
- Virtual temperature (Kelvin)
sgp06wpdnmmtsX1.a1
Wind profilers operate continuously alternating sampling
modes every 1 minute, between a low or high mode. They also alternate switch beam
positions (eastward, northward or vertical) every 2 minutes. The low mode samples
the lower atmosphere from 500 m to 9.25 km. The high mode overlaps the top of the
low mode and extends to 16.25 km above ground level. The 6-minute spectral moments
data are from the vertical beam with no quality control applied. Data from the
high mode are displayed in the overlap region. A netCDF file is produced
for every six hours of data.
The parameters reported/measured:
- station latitude and longitude (degrees)
- station altitude (meters Above Mean Sea Level)
- station number
- magnetic declination (degrees)
- orientation from true N (degrees)
- east beam azimuth angle (degrees)
- east beam elevation angle (degrees)
- north beam azimuth angle (degrees)
- north beam elevation angle (degrees)
- vertical beam azimuth (degrees)
- vertical beam elevation (degrees)
- height above station- low and high modes (meters)
- signal power (0th moment)- east, north, vertical for low and high modes
(decibels)
- mean velocity (1st moment)- east, north, vertical for low and high modes
(meters/second)
- velocity variance (2nd moment) - east, north, vertical for low and high modes
(meters/second^2)
sgp60wpdnrassX1.b1
Observations are an hour average from the preceding hour of data.
The previous hour's six minute observations are processed to derive
an hourly average using a consensus procedure (Barth et al., 1994).
The parameters reported/measured:
- station latitude and longitude (degrees)
- station altitude (meters Above Mean Sea Level)
- station number
- magnetic declination (degrees)
- orientation from true N (degrees)
- east beam azimuth angle (degrees)
- east beam elevation angle (degrees)
- north beam azimuth angle (degrees)
- north beam elevation angle (degrees)
- vertical beam azimuth (degrees)
- vertical beam elevation (degrees)
- height above station (meters)
- RASS quality control indicaters
- (0- Passed all tests;
- 1- Tests
not performed;
- 2- Tests inconclusive;
- 3- Test B
performed and failed;
- 4- Test A performed and failed)
- RASS Consensus numbers (0 - 10) (see Barth reference below)
- RASS signal power- 0th moment (dB)
- RASS temperature- 1st moment (degrees Kelvin)
- Profiler in RASS checkout mode - (true/false)
Missing Values:
-99999 denotes missing value
-9999 denotes station not reporting
sgp60wpdnsurfX1.b1
Observations are sampled every minute and averages are hourly from
the preceding hour of data. The parameters reported/measured:
- station latitude and longitude (degrees)
- station altitude (meters Above Mean Sea Level)
- station number
- magnetic declination (degrees)
- orientation from true N (degrees)
- east beam azimuth angle (degrees)
- east beam elevation angle (degrees)
- north beam azimuth angle (degrees)
- north beam elevation angle (degrees)
- vertical beam azimuth (degrees)
- vertical beam elevation (degrees)
- surface wind speed (m/s)
- surface wind direction (degrees)*
- anemometer indicator (code)
- surface air temperature (degrees Kelvin)*
- surface dew point temperature (degrees Kelvin)*
- surface relative humidity (percent)*
- pressure reduced to sea level (pascals)*
- surface rainfall count (mm)*
- indicator of whether profiler in checkout mode
* quality controlled
Missing Values:
-99999 denotes missing value
-9999 denote station not reporting
sgp60wpdnwndsX1.b1
Observations are an hour average from the preceding hour of data. The
parameters reported/measured:
- station latitude and longitude (degrees)
- station altitude (meters Above Mean Sea Level)
- station number
- magnetic declination (degrees)
- orientation from true N (degrees)
- east beam azimuth angle (degrees)
- east beam elevation angle (degrees)
- north beam azimuth angle (degrees)
- north beam elevation angle (degrees)
- vertical beam azimuth (degrees)
- vertical beam elevation (degrees)
- height above station- low and high modes (meters) *
- data source (GOES or landline)
- wind speed- low and high modes (meters/second)
- wind direction- low and high modes (degrees)
- U wind component- low and high modes (meters/second) *
- V wind component- low and high modes (meters/second) *
- W wind component- low and high modes (meters/second) *
- Consensus numbers- east, north, vertical for low and high modes (code) *
- quality control summary values- low and high modes
* quality controlled - the codes are as follow:
- 0 good but do not output;
- 1 missing;
- 2 good;
- 3 failed range limit checks;
- 4 failed time continuity;
- 5 garbage in raw string;
- 6 qc_code assigned by the ingest when the data is less than valid_min;
<- 7 qc_code assigned by the ingest when the data is greater than valid_max
Missing Values:
-99999 denotes missing value
-9999 denote station not reporting