Dataset
RAINS: NCAS mobile X-band radar scan data from Kinloss Barracks, Forres, Scotland, Version 1.
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2019-02-15
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2019-02-20
DOI Publication Date: 2019-02-26
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 39.73K Files | 2TB
Abstract
This dataset contains scan data from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science Atmospheric Measurement Facility's mobile X-band radar during the Radar Applications in Northern Scotland (RAINS). The radar was deployed at Kinloss Barracks, near Forres in Moray, Scotland from January to August 2016.
Citable as: Bennett, L. (2019): RAINS: NCAS mobile X-band radar scan data from Kinloss Barracks, Forres, Scotland, Version 1.. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 26 February 2019. doi:10.5285/c86c0daa2e654beda74a79d17624f160. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/c86c0daa2e654beda74a79d17624f160
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: NCAS, AMF, radar, precipitation, rainfall, dual-polarisation, hydrometeorology
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| Wallbank, J.R., Dufton, D., Neely III, R.R., Bennett, L., Cole, S.J. & Moore, R.J. (2022) Assessing precipitation from a dual-polarisation X-band radar campaign using the Grid-to-Grid hydrological model. Journal of Hydrology 613, 128311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128311 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128311 |
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: RAF Kinloss, UK |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: range
- units: meters
- long_name: Range from instrument to center of gate
- var_id: altitude
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude_above_ground_level
- var_id: altitude_agl
- units: degrees
- long_name: angular_resolution_between_rays
- var_id: ray_angle_res
- units: degrees per second
- long_name: antenna_angle_scan_rate
- var_id: scan_rate
- long_name: antenna_is_in_transition_between_sweeps
- var_id: antenna_transition
- units:
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_antenna_gain_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_antenna_gain_h
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_antenna_gain_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_antenna_gain_v
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_constant_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_radar_constant_h
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_constant_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_radar_constant_v
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_dbz_correction
- var_id: r_calib_dbz_correction
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_ldr_correction_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_ldr_correction_h
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_ldr_correction_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_ldr_correction_v
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_gain_hc
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_gain_hx
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_gain_vc
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_gain_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_gain_vx
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_hc
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_hx
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_vc
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_noise_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_vx
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_slope_hc
- units:
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_slope_hx
- units:
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_slope_vc
- units:
- long_name: calibrated_radar_receiver_slope_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_slope_vx
- units:
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_sun_power_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_sun_power_hc
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_sun_power_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_sun_power_hx
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_sun_power_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_sun_power_vc
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_sun_power_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_sun_power_vx
- units: degrees
- long_name: calibrated_radar_system_phidp
- var_id: r_calib_system_phidp
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_xmit_power_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_xmit_power_h
- units: dBm
- long_name: calibrated_radar_xmit_power_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_xmit_power_v
- units: db
- long_name: calibrated_radar_zdr_correction
- var_id: r_calib_zdr_correction
- long_name: calibration_data_array_index_per_ray
- var_id: r_calib_index
- units:
- units: dB
- long_name: clutter_correction_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: CCOR
- standard_name: clutter_correction_ratio
- units: dB
- long_name: clutter_correction_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: CCORv
- standard_name: clutter_correction_ratio
- long_name: co-polar_cross_correlation_coefficient
- standard_name: cross_correlation_hv
- var_id: RhoHV
- units:
- long_name: data_volume_end_time_utc
- var_id: time_coverage_end
- long_name: data_volume_index_number
- var_id: volume_number
- units:
- long_name: data_volume_start_time_utc
- var_id: time_coverage_start
- var_id: DOP
- long_name: degree_of_polarization
- standard_name: degree_of_polarization
- units:
- units: degrees
- standard_name: differential_phase_hv
- var_id: uPhiDP
- long_name: differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- units: degrees
- standard_name: differential_phase_hv
- long_name: differential_phase_shift_filtered_by_Rainbow
- var_id: PhiDP
- units: dB
- long_name: differential_reflectivity
- var_id: ZDR
- standard_name: log_differential_reflectivity_hv
- long_name: flag_for_indexed_rays
- var_id: rays_are_indexed
- long_name: follow_mode_for_scan_strategy
- var_id: follow_mode
- units: meters
- long_name: gate_spacing_for_ray
- var_id: ray_gate_spacing
- var_id: grid_mapping
- units: degrees
- long_name: half_power_radar_beam_width_h_channel
- var_id: radar_beam_width_h
- units: degrees
- long_name: half_power_radar_beam_width_v_channel
- var_id: radar_beam_width_v
- long_name: index_of_first_ray_in_sweep
- var_id: sweep_start_ray_index
- units:
- long_name: index_of_last_ray_in_sweep
- var_id: sweep_end_ray_index
- units:
- units: degrees_north
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- units: degrees_east
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- units: dBm
- long_name: measured_radar_transmit_power_h_channel
- var_id: measured_transmit_power_h
- units: dBm
- long_name: measured_radar_transmit_power_v_channel
- var_id: measured_transmit_power_v
- units: db
- long_name: nominal_radar_antenna_gain_h_channel
- var_id: radar_antenna_gain_h
- units: db
- long_name: nominal_radar_antenna_gain_v_channel
- var_id: radar_antenna_gain_v
- long_name: number_of_samples_used_to_compute_moments
- var_id: n_samples
- units:
- long_name: platform_type
- var_id: platform_type
- long_name: polarization_mode_for_sweep
- var_id: polarization_mode
- long_name: primary_axis_of_rotation
- var_id: primary_axis
- units: seconds
- long_name: pulse_repetition_frequency_ratio
- var_id: prt_ratio
- units: seconds
- long_name: pulse_repetition_time
- var_id: prt
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_coupler_forward_loss_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_coupler_forward_loss_h
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_coupler_forward_loss_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_coupler_forward_loss_v
- units: dBm
- long_name: radar_calibration_noise_source_power_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_source_power_h
- units: dBm
- long_name: radar_calibration_noise_source_power_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_noise_source_power_v
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_power_measurement_loss_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_power_measure_loss_h
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_power_measurement_loss_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_power_measure_loss_v
- units: seconds
- long_name: radar_calibration_pulse_width
- var_id: r_calib_pulse_width
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_receiver_mismatch_loss
- var_id: r_calib_receiver_mismatch_loss
- units: dBm
- long_name: radar_calibration_test_power_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_test_power_h
- units: dBm
- long_name: radar_calibration_test_power_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_test_power_v
- long_name: radar_calibration_time_utc
- var_id: r_calib_time
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_two_way_radome_loss_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_two_way_radome_loss_h
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_two_way_radome_loss_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_two_way_radome_loss_v
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_two_way_waveguide_loss_h_channel
- var_id: r_calib_two_way_waveguide_loss_h
- units: db
- long_name: radar_calibration_two_way_waveguide_loss_v_channel
- var_id: r_calib_two_way_waveguide_loss_v
- units: s-1
- long_name: radar_receiver_bandwidth
- var_id: radar_rx_bandwidth
- units: dBZ
- long_name: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_h_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_base_dbz_1km_hc
- units: dBZ
- long_name: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_h_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_base_dbz_1km_hx
- units: dBZ
- long_name: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_v_co_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_base_dbz_1km_vc
- units: dBZ
- long_name: radar_reflectivity_at_1km_at_zero_snr_v_cross_polar_channel
- var_id: r_calib_base_dbz_1km_vx
- units: degrees
- var_id: azimuth
- long_name: ray_azimuth_angle
- units: degrees
- var_id: elevation
- long_name: ray_elevation_angle
- units: degrees
- long_name: ray_target_fixed_angle
- var_id: fixed_angle
- units: dBZ
- long_name: reflectivity_from_horizontal_polarization
- standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
- var_id: dBZ
- units: dBZ
- standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
- long_name: reflectivity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: dBZv
- long_name: scan_mode_for_sweep
- var_id: sweep_mode
- long_name: signal_quality_index_from_horizontal_polarization
- standard_name: normalized_coherent_power
- var_id: SQI
- units:
- standard_name: normalized_coherent_power
- var_id: SQIv
- long_name: signal_quality_index_from_vertical_polarization
- units:
- units: dB
- long_name: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SNR
- standard_name: signal_to_noise_ratio
- units: dB
- long_name: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: SNRv
- standard_name: signal_to_noise_ratio
- units: degrees/km
- long_name: specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_Rainbow_from_PhiDP
- var_id: KDP
- units: degrees/km
- long_name: specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- var_id: uKDP
- units: m/s
- var_id: W
- long_name: spectral_width_from_horizontal_polarization
- standard_name: doppler_spectrum_width
- units: m/s
- standard_name: doppler_spectrum_width
- long_name: spectral_width_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Wv
- units: meters
- long_name: start_range_for_ray
- var_id: ray_start_range
- long_name: status_of_instrument
- var_id: status_xml
- long_name: sweep_index_number_0_based
- var_id: sweep_number
- units:
- units: degrees per second
- long_name: target_scan_rate_for_sweep
- var_id: target_scan_rate
- units: s-1
- var_id: frequency
- long_name: transmission_frequency
- long_name: transmit_pulse_mode
- var_id: prt_mode
- units: seconds
- long_name: transmitter_pulse_width
- var_id: pulse_width
- long_name: type_of_instrument
- var_id: instrument_type
- units: meters per second
- long_name: unambiguous_doppler_velocity
- var_id: nyquist_velocity
- units: meters
- long_name: unambiguous_range
- var_id: unambiguous_range
- standard_name: cross_correlation_hv
- long_name: unfiltered_co-polar_cross_correlation_coefficient
- var_id: RhoHVu
- units:
- long_name: unfiltered_degree_of_polarization
- var_id: DOPu
- standard_name: degree_of_polarization
- units:
- units: degrees
- long_name: unfiltered_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- var_id: uPhiDPu
- units: dB
- long_name: unfiltered_differential_reflectivity
- var_id: ZDRu
- standard_name: log_differential_reflectivity_hv
- units: dBZ
- standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
- long_name: unfiltered_reflectivity_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: dBuZ
- units: dBZ
- standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
- long_name: unfiltered_reflectivity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: dBuZv
- standard_name: normalized_coherent_power
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_quality_index_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SQIu
- units:
- standard_name: normalized_coherent_power
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_quality_index_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: SQIvu
- units:
- units: dB
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SNRu
- standard_name: signal_to_noise_ratio
- units: dB
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: SNRvu
- standard_name: signal_to_noise_ratio
- units: degrees/km
- long_name: unfiltered_specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- var_id: uKDPu
- units: m/s
- standard_name: doppler_spectrum_width
- long_name: unfiltered_spectral_width_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: Wu
- units: m/s
- standard_name: doppler_spectrum_width
- long_name: unfiltered_spectral_width_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Wvu
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- long_name: time in seconds since volume start
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2016-01-22T11:44:15
End time:
2016-08-17T07:04:34
Geographic Extent
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