NCAR/EOL R/V Investigator NIMA Quality-Controlled 915 Profiler Data. Version 1.0

• Main Author: UCAR/NCAR-Earth Observing Laboratory
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory 2018
• Subjects: Upper Air; NCAR/EOL Integrated Sounding System ISS; NIMA Consensus Moments; 915 MHz wind profiler; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED > 661591b3-6685-4de7-a2a4-9ce8ae505044; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS > 8bb1dca3-9793-4120-b0ea-f27a5b81f259; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES > 5be35f50-a1ea-40c5-8e0d-579dad1b9143; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION > 272ffe8a-2949-4b58-bb81-52cb1c879f4a; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES > 1c93710e-cfaa-47c1-ba97-b2deb85620ca; SOCRATES; Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d6m61j3x; https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/552.028

This dataset includes quality-controlled 915 MHz profiler winds and vertical beam moments data. NCAR/EOL operated a radar wind profiler on board the CSIRO RV Investigator as part of a deployment of an Integrated Sounding System (ISS) for the SOCRATES / CAPRICORN field campaign. The primary voyage (CSIRO designation: IN2018_V01) for this deployment set sail from Hobart, TAS, Australia on 11 Jan 2018 into the Southern Ocean and concluded back in Hobart on 22 Feb 2018. A shakedown, test and training cruise (IN2017_E04) took place off the east coast of Tasmania Dec 7 - 11, 2017. The LapXM moment data were processed by EOL software (IDL lapxm_ship_prelim.pro) to generate wind estimates corrected for ship motion, course and heading, partly based on the methods of Johnston (2014). These data were then quality-controlled through the NCAR Improved Moments Algorithm (NIMA). Some gaps in the NIMA-processed data have been filled in with the original LapXM-processed data. This dataset currently includes a Preliminary Data Report that does not reference the NIMA quality-control. An updated report will be added to the dataset once finished.