Dataset
ICE-D: NCAS mobile X-band radar scan data from the Praia International Airport, Santiago, Cape Verde, Version 1
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2018-01-08
Download Stats: last 12 months
Abstract
This dataset contains scan data from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science's (NCAS) mobile X-band radar collected at Praia International Airport, Santiago, Cape Verde between July and August 2015 as part of the Ice in Clouds Experiment - Dust (ICE-D). The radar has Doppler and dual-polarisation capability and measures the location and intensity of precipitation, radial winds and polarisation parameters.
The X-band radar is operated as part of the NCAS Atmospheric Measurement Facility (AMF).
Citable as: Bennett, L. (2018): ICE-D: NCAS mobile X-band radar scan data from the Praia International Airport, Santiago, Cape Verde, Version 1. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. doi:10.5285/55b5d76a7edb42e39933c1edc37f7b90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/55b5d76a7edb42e39933c1edc37f7b90
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ICE-D, radar, clouds, microphysics, ice, rainfall, dust, convection, storms
Details
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| Data lineage: |
Data were collected by the NCAS instrument scientist before preparation for archiving and delivery to Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. |
| Data Quality: |
ICE-D AMF xband radar data, quality determined by data provider
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| File Format: |
Data are netCDF formatted
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Related Documents
| NCAS AMF mobile X-band radar webpage on the NCAS AMF website |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| NCAS Atmospheric Measurement Facility's (AMF) mobile X-band radar | Deployed on: Praia International Airport, Santiago, Cape Verde |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: range
- units: meters
- long_name: Range from instrument to center of gate
- names: Range from instrument to center of gate
- var_id: altitude
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude
- names: altitude
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude_above_ground_level
- var_id: altitude_agl
- names: altitude_above_ground_level
- units: degrees
- long_name: angular_resolution_between_rays
- var_id: ray_angle_res
- names: angular_resolution_between_rays
- units: degrees per second
- long_name: antenna_angle_scan_rate
- var_id: scan_rate
- names: antenna_angle_scan_rate
- long_name: antenna_is_in_transition_between_sweeps
- var_id: antenna_transition
- names: antenna_is_in_transition_between_sweeps
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_antenna_gain_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_antenna_gain_h
- names: calibrated_radar_antenna_gain_h_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_antenna_gain_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_antenna_gain_v
- names: calibrated_radar_antenna_gain_v_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_constant_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_radar_constant_h
- names: calibrated_radar_constant_h_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_constant_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_radar_constant_v
- names: calibrated_radar_constant_v_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_dbz_correction
- var_id: r_calib_dbz_correction
- names: calibrated_radar_dbz_correction
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_ldr_correction_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_ldr_correction_h
- names: calibrated_radar_ldr_correction_h_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_ldr_correction_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_ldr_correction_v
- names: calibrated_radar_ldr_correction_v_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_gain_hc
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_h_co_polar_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_gain_hx
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_h_cross_polar_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_gain_vc
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_v_co_polar_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_gain_vx
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_v_cross_polar_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_hc
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_h_co_polar_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_hx
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_h_cross_polar_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_vc
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_v_co_polar_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_vx
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_v_cross_polar_channel
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_slope_hc
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_h_co_polar_channel
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_slope_hx
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_h_cross_polar_channel
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_slope_vc
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_v_co_polar_channel
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_slope_vx
- names: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_v_cross_polar_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_sun_power_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_sun_power_hc
- names: calibrated_radar_sun_power_h_co_polar_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_sun_power_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_sun_power_hx
- names: calibrated_radar_sun_power_h_cross_polar_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_sun_power_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_sun_power_vc
- names: calibrated_radar_sun_power_v_co_polar_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_sun_power_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_sun_power_vx
- names: calibrated_radar_sun_power_v_cross_polar_channel
- units: degrees
- long_name: calibrated_radar_system_phidp
- var_id: r_calib_system_phidp
- names: calibrated_radar_system_phidp
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_xmit_power_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_xmit_power_h
- names: calibrated_radar_xmit_power_h_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_xmit_power_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_xmit_power_v
- names: calibrated_radar_xmit_power_v_channel
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_zdr_correction
- var_id: r_calib_zdr_correction
- names: calibrated_radar_zdr_correction
- long_name: calibration_data_array_index_per_ray
- var_id: r_calib_index
- names: calibration_data_array_index_per_ray
- units: dB
- long_name: clutter_correction_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: CCOR
- names: clutter_correction_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: dB
- long_name: clutter_correction_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: CCORv
- names: clutter_correction_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- long_name: co-polar_cross_correlation_coefficient
- var_id: RhoHV
- names: co-polar_cross_correlation_coefficient
- long_name: data_volume_end_time_utc
- var_id: time_coverage_end
- names: data_volume_end_time_utc
- long_name: data_volume_index_number
- var_id: volume_number
- names: data_volume_index_number
- long_name: data_volume_start_time_utc
- var_id: time_coverage_start
- names: data_volume_start_time_utc
- var_id: DOP
- long_name: degree_of_polarization
- names: degree_of_polarization
- units: degrees
- var_id: uPhiDP
- long_name: differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- names: differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- units: degrees
- long_name: differential_phase_shift_filtered_by_Rainbow
- var_id: PhiDP
- names: differential_phase_shift_filtered_by_Rainbow
- units: dB
- long_name: differential_reflectivity
- var_id: ZDR
- names: differential_reflectivity
- long_name: flag_for_indexed_rays
- var_id: rays_are_indexed
- names: flag_for_indexed_rays
- long_name: follow_mode_for_scan_strategy
- var_id: follow_mode
- names: follow_mode_for_scan_strategy
- units: meters
- long_name: gate_spacing_for_ray
- var_id: ray_gate_spacing
- names: gate_spacing_for_ray
- var_id: grid_mapping
- units: degrees
- long_name: half_power_radar_beam_width_h_channel
- var_id: radar_beam_width_h
- names: half_power_radar_beam_width_h_channel
- units: degrees
- long_name: half_power_radar_beam_width_v_channel
- var_id: radar_beam_width_v
- names: half_power_radar_beam_width_v_channel
- long_name: index_of_first_ray_in_sweep
- var_id: sweep_start_ray_index
- names: index_of_first_ray_in_sweep
- long_name: index_of_last_ray_in_sweep
- var_id: sweep_end_ray_index
- names: index_of_last_ray_in_sweep
- units: degrees_north
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- names: latitude
- units: degrees_east
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- names: longitude
- units: dBm
- long_name: measured_radar_transmit_power_h_channel
- var_id: measured_transmit_power_h
- names: measured_radar_transmit_power_h_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: measured_radar_transmit_power_v_channel
- var_id: measured_transmit_power_v
- names: measured_radar_transmit_power_v_channel
- units: db
- long_name: nominal_radar_antenna_gain_h_channel
- var_id: radar_antenna_gain_h
- names: nominal_radar_antenna_gain_h_channel
- units: db
- long_name: nominal_radar_antenna_gain_v_channel
- var_id: radar_antenna_gain_v
- names: nominal_radar_antenna_gain_v_channel
- long_name: number_of_samples_used_to_compute_moments
- var_id: n_samples
- names: number_of_samples_used_to_compute_moments
- long_name: platform_type
- var_id: platform_type
- names: platform_type
- long_name: polarization_mode_for_sweep
- var_id: polarization_mode
- names: polarization_mode_for_sweep
- long_name: primary_axis_of_rotation
- var_id: primary_axis
- names: primary_axis_of_rotation
- units: seconds
- long_name: pulse_repetition_frequency_ratio
- var_id: prt_ratio
- names: pulse_repetition_frequency_ratio
- units: seconds
- long_name: pulse_repetition_time
- var_id: prt
- names: pulse_repetition_time
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_coupler_forward_loss_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_coupler_forward_loss_h
- names: radar_calibration_coupler_forward_loss_h_channel
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_coupler_forward_loss_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_coupler_forward_loss_v
- names: radar_calibration_coupler_forward_loss_v_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: radar_calibration_noise_source_power_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_source_power_h
- names: radar_calibration_noise_source_power_h_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: radar_calibration_noise_source_power_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_source_power_v
- names: radar_calibration_noise_source_power_v_channel
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_power_measurement_loss_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_power_measure_loss_h
- names: radar_calibration_power_measurement_loss_h_channel
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_power_measurement_loss_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_power_measure_loss_v
- names: radar_calibration_power_measurement_loss_v_channel
- units: seconds
- long_name: radar_calibration_pulse_width
- var_id: r_calib_pulse_width
- names: radar_calibration_pulse_width
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_receiver_mismatch_loss
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_mismatch_loss
- names: radar_calibration_receiver_mismatch_loss
- units: dBm
- long_name: radar_calibration_test_power_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_test_power_h
- names: radar_calibration_test_power_h_channel
- units: dBm
- long_name: radar_calibration_test_power_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_test_power_v
- names: radar_calibration_test_power_v_channel
- long_name: radar_calibration_time_utc
- var_id: r_calib_time
- names: radar_calibration_time_utc
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_two_way_radome_loss_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_two_way_radome_loss_h
- names: radar_calibration_two_way_radome_loss_h_channel
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_two_way_radome_loss_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_two_way_radome_loss_v
- names: radar_calibration_two_way_radome_loss_v_channel
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_two_way_waveguide_loss_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_two_way_waveguide_loss_h
- names: radar_calibration_two_way_waveguide_loss_h_channel
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_two_way_waveguide_loss_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_two_way_waveguide_loss_v
- names: radar_calibration_two_way_waveguide_loss_v_channel
- units: s-1
- long_name: radar_receiver_bandwidth
- var_id: radar_rx_bandwidth
- names: radar_receiver_bandwidth
- units: dBZ
- long_name: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_base_dbz_1km_hc
- names: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_h_co_polar_channel
- units: dBZ
- long_name: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_base_dbz_1km_hx
- names: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_h_cross_polar_channel
- units: dBZ
- long_name: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_base_dbz_1km_vc
- names: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_v_co_polar_channel
- units: dBZ
- long_name: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_base_dbz_1km_vx
- names: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_v_cross_polar_channel
- units: m/s
- standard_name: radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument
- var_id: V
- long_name: radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization
- names: radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument, radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: m/s
- standard_name: radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument
- long_name: radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Vv
- names: radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument, radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization
- units: degrees
- var_id: azimuth
- long_name: ray_azimuth_angle
- names: ray_azimuth_angle
- units: degrees
- var_id: elevation
- long_name: ray_elevation_angle
- names: ray_elevation_angle
- units: degrees
- long_name: ray_target_fixed_angle
- var_id: fixed_angle
- names: ray_target_fixed_angle
- units: dBZ
- long_name: reflectivity_from_horizontal_polarization
- standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
- var_id: dBZ
- names: equivalent_reflectivity_factor, reflectivity_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: dBZ
- standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
- long_name: reflectivity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: dBZv
- names: equivalent_reflectivity_factor, reflectivity_from_vertical_polarization
- long_name: scan_mode_for_sweep
- var_id: sweep_mode
- names: scan_mode_for_sweep
- long_name: signal_quality_index_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SQI
- names: signal_quality_index_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SQIv
- long_name: signal_quality_index_from_vertical_polarization
- names: signal_quality_index_from_vertical_polarization
- units: dB
- long_name: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SNR
- names: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: dB
- long_name: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: SNRv
- names: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- units: degrees/km
- long_name: specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_Rainbow_from_PhiDP
- var_id: KDP
- names: specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_Rainbow_from_PhiDP
- units: degrees/km
- long_name: specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- var_id: uKDP
- names: specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- units: m/s
- var_id: W
- long_name: spectral_width_from_horizontal_polarization
- names: spectral_width_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: m/s
- long_name: spectral_width_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Wv
- names: spectral_width_from_vertical_polarization
- units: meters
- long_name: start_range_for_ray
- var_id: ray_start_range
- names: start_range_for_ray
- long_name: status_of_instrument
- var_id: status_xml
- names: status_of_instrument
- long_name: sweep_index_number_0_based
- var_id: sweep_number
- names: sweep_index_number_0_based
- units: degrees per second
- long_name: target_scan_rate_for_sweep
- var_id: target_scan_rate
- names: target_scan_rate_for_sweep
- units: s-1
- var_id: frequency
- long_name: transmission_frequency
- names: transmission_frequency
- long_name: transmit_pulse_mode
- var_id: prt_mode
- names: transmit_pulse_mode
- units: seconds
- long_name: transmitter_pulse_width
- var_id: pulse_width
- names: transmitter_pulse_width
- long_name: type_of_instrument
- var_id: instrument_type
- names: type_of_instrument
- units: meters per second
- long_name: unambiguous_doppler_velocity
- var_id: nyquist_velocity
- names: unambiguous_doppler_velocity
- units: meters
- long_name: unambiguous_range
- var_id: unambiguous_range
- names: unambiguous_range
- long_name: unfiltered_co-polar_cross_correlation_coefficient
- var_id: RhoHVu
- names: unfiltered_co-polar_cross_correlation_coefficient
- long_name: unfiltered_degree_of_polarization
- var_id: DOPu
- names: unfiltered_degree_of_polarization
- units: degrees
- long_name: unfiltered_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- var_id: uPhiDPu
- names: unfiltered_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- units: dB
- long_name: unfiltered_differential_reflectivity
- var_id: ZDRu
- names: unfiltered_differential_reflectivity
- units: m/s
- standard_name: radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument
- long_name: unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: Vu
- names: radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument, unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: m/s
- standard_name: radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument
- long_name: unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Vvu
- names: radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument, unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization
- units: dBZ
- standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
- long_name: unfiltered_reflectivity_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: dBuZ
- names: equivalent_reflectivity_factor, unfiltered_reflectivity_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: dBZ
- standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
- long_name: unfiltered_reflectivity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: dBuZv
- names: equivalent_reflectivity_factor, unfiltered_reflectivity_from_vertical_polarization
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_quality_index_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SQIu
- names: unfiltered_signal_quality_index_from_horizontal_polarization
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_quality_index_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: SQIvu
- names: unfiltered_signal_quality_index_from_vertical_polarization
- units: dB
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SNRu
- names: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: dB
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: SNRvu
- names: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- units: degrees/km
- long_name: unfiltered_specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- var_id: uKDPu
- names: unfiltered_specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- units: m/s
- long_name: unfiltered_spectral_width_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: Wu
- names: unfiltered_spectral_width_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: m/s
- long_name: unfiltered_spectral_width_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Wvu
- names: unfiltered_spectral_width_from_vertical_polarization
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- long_name: time in seconds since volume start
- names: time, time in seconds since volume start
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2015-07-27T13:25:07
End time:
2015-08-24T21:53:00
Geographic Extent
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