Data Format Descriptions
Radar Hourly Wind Files Produced By POP [v4.1]
FILE NAMING CONVENTION:
SSSYYJJJ.HHw
where
SSS = SiteID
YY = Year
JJJ = Julian Day
HH = Hour
Date and time are in UTC and represent the start time of the average.
DATA DESCRIPTION:
Line 1: BLANK LINE
Line 2: " SSS" "additional info. (optional)" where SSS = 3 letter station ID
Line 3: " WINDS rev 4.1" (rev number will change if file format changes)
Line 4: [for station] latitude (N); longitude (W); elevation (m)
Line 5: date; begin time of consensus; UT offset (minutes)
[format " yy mm dd hh mm ss ut_offset"]
Line 6: consensus averaging time (minutes); number of beams; number of range gates
Line 7: [for each beam - format "num:tot (window) "]
number of records required to make consensus (num)
total number of records (tot)
the consensus window size (m/s)
Line 8: number of coherant integrations [oblique and vertical]
number of spectral averages [oblique and vertical]
pulse width (ns) [oblique and vertical]
inner pulse period (ms) [oblique and vertical]
Line 9: full-scale Doppler value (m/s) [oblique, vertical]
vertical correction applied to obliques? 0=no, 1=yes
delay to first gate (ns) [oblique, vertical]
number of gates [oblique, vertical]
spacing of gates (ns) [oblique, vertical]
Line 10: [for each beam] azimuth; elevation (degrees)
(if elevation > 90 then it is in degrees*100, 999 missing beams)
Line 11: Labels for columns of data that follow
Line 12: Start of data
[A LINE FOR EACH RANGE GATE, INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING]
Height above ground (km)
Wind speed (m/s)
Wind direction (deg E of N from)
[for each beam] Radial velocity (m/s) (positive toward radar; 9999. missing data)
[for each beam] Number of records that made consensus
[for each beam] Average SNR (dB) of records in consensus
NOTE: Beam order is determined by the azimuth & elevation values in line 10.
LINES 1-12 REPEATED FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MODE CONFIGURATION
