Dataset
TEAMx: Multi-scale transport and exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains – programme and experiment: birdbath and vol scans from the NCAS X-Band Mobile Radar unit 2 deployed at Mount Plose, South Tyrol, Italy, v1.0.0 (20250618-20250915)
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2026-05-18
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2026-08-10
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 45.74K Files | 6TB
Abstract
Vertical calibration (birdbath) and volume scan measurements from the NCAS X-Band Mobile Radar unit 2 deployed at Mount Plose, South Tyrol, Italy. These observations were taken as part of TEAMx: Multi-scale transport and exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains – programme and experiment between 20250618 and 20250915.
Data products from this deployment include: birdbath scans (90 degree elevation scans used for calibration) and volume scans (vol).
For further details of this deployment and the associated dataset please see the internal file metadata and also the linked scan document.
These data conform to the NCAS data standards and are available under the UK Government Open Licence agreement. Acknowledgement of NCAS as the data provider is required whenever and wherever these data are used.
Citable as: Rhodes, L. (2026): TEAMx: Multi-scale transport and exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains – programme and experiment: birdbath and vol scans from the NCAS X-Band Mobile Radar unit 2 deployed at Mount Plose, South Tyrol, Italy, v1.0.0 (20250618-20250915). NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ef40ee0e4d4c4a208cc81b4a24902631
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: NCAS, observation measurements
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| NCAS X-Band Mobile Radar unit 2 instrument | Deployed on: Mount Plose, South Tyrol, Italy |
| Output Description | None |
- 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
- long_name: antenna_angle_scan_rate
- var_id: scan_rate
- units: degrees s-1
- long_name: antenna_is_in_transition_between_sweeps
- var_id: antenna_transition
- units:
- units: degrees
- var_id: azimuth
- standard_name: ray_azimuth_angle
- long_name: azimuth_angle_from_true_north
- 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
- units: dB
- long_name: clutter_correction_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: CCORv
- long_name: co-polar_cross_correlation_coefficient
- 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
- units: degrees
- var_id: uPhiDP
- long_name: differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- units: degrees
- long_name: differential_phase_shift_filtered_by_Rainbow
- var_id: PhiDP
- units: dB
- long_name: differential_reflectivity
- var_id: ZDR
- units: degrees
- var_id: elevation
- standard_name: ray_elevation_angle
- long_name: elevation_angle_from_horizontal_plane
- 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: s-1
- long_name: intermediate_freqency_hz
- var_id: intermed_freq_hz
- 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: r_calib_dynamic_range_db_hc
- var_id: r_calib_dynamic_range_db_hc
- units: dB
- long_name: r_calib_dynamic_range_db_hx
- var_id: r_calib_dynamic_range_db_hx
- units: dB
- long_name: r_calib_dynamic_range_db_vc
- var_id: r_calib_dynamic_range_db_vc
- units: dB
- long_name: r_calib_dynamic_range_db_vx
- var_id: r_calib_dynamic_range_db_vx
- units: dBm
- long_name: r_calib_i0_dbm_hc
- var_id: r_calib_i0_dbm_hc
- units: dBm
- long_name: r_calib_i0_dbm_hx
- var_id: r_calib_i0_dbm_hx
- units: dBm
- long_name: r_calib_i0_dbm_vc
- var_id: r_calib_i0_dbm_vc
- units: dBm
- long_name: r_calib_i0_dbm_vx
- var_id: r_calib_i0_dbm_vx
- long_name: r_calib_k_squared_water
- var_id: r_calib_k_squared_water
- units:
- 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: UTC
- 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: m s-1
- var_id: V
- long_name: radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V1
- long_name: radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization_high_prf
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V2
- long_name: radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization_low_prf
- units: m s-1
- long_name: radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Vv
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V1v
- long_name: radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization_high_prf
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V2v
- long_name: radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization_low_prf
- var_id: range
- units: meters
- standard_name: projection_range_coordinate
- long_name: range_to_center_of_measurement_volume
- units: degrees
- long_name: ray_target_fixed_angle
- var_id: fixed_angle
- units: dBZ
- long_name: reflectivity_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: dBZ
- units: dBZ
- 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
- var_id: SQI
- units:
- 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
- units: dB
- var_id: SNR_ns
- long_name: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization_noise_corrected
- units: dB
- long_name: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: SNRv
- units: dB
- var_id: SNRv_ns
- long_name: signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization_noise_corrected
- long_name: specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_Rainbow_from_PhiDP
- var_id: KDP
- units: degrees km-1
- long_name: specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- var_id: uKDP
- units: degrees km-1
- units: m s-1
- var_id: W
- long_name: spectral_width_from_horizontal_polarization
- units: m s-1
- 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:
- long_name: target_scan_rate_for_sweep
- var_id: target_scan_rate
- units: degrees s-1
- 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: m s-1
- long_name: unambiguous_doppler_velocity
- var_id: nyquist_velocity
- units: meters
- long_name: unambiguous_range
- var_id: unambiguous_range
- long_name: unfiltered_co-polar_cross_correlation_coefficient
- var_id: RhoHVu
- 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
- units: m s-1
- long_name: unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: Vu
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V1u
- long_name: unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization_high_prf
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V2u
- long_name: unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_horizontal_polarization_low_prf
- units: m s-1
- long_name: unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Vvu
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V1vu
- long_name: unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization_high_prf
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V2vu
- long_name: unfiltered_radial_velocity_from_vertical_polarization_low_prf
- units: dBZ
- long_name: unfiltered_reflectivity_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: dBuZ
- units: dBZ
- long_name: unfiltered_reflectivity_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: dBuZv
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_quality_index_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: SQIu
- units:
- 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
- units: dB
- var_id: SNRu_ns
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_horizontal_polarization_noise_corrected
- units: dB
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: SNRvu
- units: dB
- var_id: SNRvu_ns
- long_name: unfiltered_signal_to_noise_ratio_from_vertical_polarization_noise_corrected
- long_name: unfiltered_specific_differential_phase_shift_derived_by_signal_processor(GDRX)
- var_id: uKDPu
- units: degrees km-1
- units: m s-1
- long_name: unfiltered_spectral_width_from_horizontal_polarization
- var_id: Wu
- units: m s-1
- long_name: unfiltered_spectral_width_from_vertical_polarization
- var_id: Wvu
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- units: seconds
- long_name: time_in_seconds_since_volume_start
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2025-06-18T14:59:48
End time:
2025-09-15T12:49:25
Geographic Extent
48.0500° |
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9.7700° |
13.7000° |
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45.3500° |
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