cops_supv_mfuhfw_wprolo_d: wind profil taken by Meteo-France UHF in low mode at station Niederrott

Lavie, Franck; Garrouste, Olivier; Bouttier, Francois

Dataset
Summary
The period of permanent measurement was : 1st July - 31 July 2007.
The measured parameters are : height, eastward and northward wind, upward air velocity,wind speed and direction, signal to noise ratio.
The operation was continuous, with a daily check.

The measurements were taken near the village of Meistratzheim, 20 km south_westward of Strasbourg.
The platform on the site of Niederrott is installed just between 2 types of vegetation : Maize on the west and short grass on the east part.

The UHF wind profiler is composed of five beams, one pointing vertically and others, with a zenital angle of 17° and orientated along the West, East, North and South.
The wind component along each beam direction is deduced from the Doppler shift of the backscattered signal. The three wind component (N, E and vertical) are thus deduced from the redundant five radial velocities, with the assumption that the horizontal gradient of the wind is weak in the volume scanned by the radar.
The range of altitudes covered by the instrument is variable, depending on atmospheric conditions and electronic parameters. The time resolution of the profilers is 6 mn.

In low mode (as in this entry) , the profile of the horizontal wind is valid between 75 and 6300m with a resolution of 150m and 75m between each gate.

In high mode (as in entry cops_supv_mfuhfw_wprohi_d) , the profile of the horizontal wind is valid between 150 and 13500m with a resolution of 350m and 150m between each gate.
Project
COPS (Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study)
Location(s)
COPS-Supersite Vosges Mountains
Additional Information
uni_hohenheim_data_policy.txt
Spatial Coverage
Longitude 7.54 Latitude 48.44 Altitude: 155 m relativ to NN
Temporal Coverage
2007-07-01 to 2007-07-31 (calendrical)
Use constraints
For scientific use only. No commercial use allowed. Please be aware of the common COPS/GOP/D-PHASE data policy (http://cops.wdc-climate.de/)
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Access constraints
registered users
Size
40.50 MiB (42467768 Byte)
Format
NetCDF
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
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Cite as
[ Derived from parent entry - See data hierarchy tab ]
Lavie, Franck; Garrouste, Olivier; Bouttier, Francois (2009). cops_supv_mfuhfw: wind profiles from UHF run by Meteo-France/CNRM during COPS 2007. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. http://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/Compact.jsp?acronym=cops_supv_mfuhfw

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Description
The accuracy of the delivered data is :
- Wind 0.3 m/s and 2deg
Description
There was no interruption in the time series
Description
No inconsistencies in the experiment.
No changes.
No update of measurement data
Description
[niederrott]
position = 48 deg 26.570 N/ 7 deg 32.644 E +/- 20 m from GARMIN GPS
Description
Niederrott : 155 m +/- 1m (from reading of French IGN map 1/25000)
VariableAggregationUnit
eastward_windCF
6min instantaneousm s-1
heightCF
6min instantaneousm
northward_windCF
6min instantaneousm s-1
quality_flagCF
6min instantaneous1
ratio_of_signal_to_noise
6min instantaneousdB
upward_air_velocityCF
6min instantaneousm s-1
wind_from_directionCF
6min instantaneousdegree
wind_speedCF
6min instantaneousm s-1
Contact typePersonORCIDOrganization
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Parent

cops_supv: contains data at Supersite Vosges Mountains during COPS Campaign
Details
[Entry acronym: cops_supv_mfuhfw_wprolo_d] [Entry id: 2193744]