Wind and temperature data in the troposphere estimated from the RASS (Radio Acoustic Sounding System) observation of the MU radar at Shigaraki (CSV format)

2016-07-21 17:04:00

The observation data in the troposphere (1.5-11.1 km) taken by the MU radar at Shigaraki in the Shiga prefecture, Japan (34.86N, 136.11E, 385m MSL), which has been operated in the special observation mode of the RASS (Radio Acoustic Sounding System). The data are stored in the CSV (Comma Separated Values) file named (year)(month)(day).(variable).csv. The variable abbreviations are uwnd, vwnd, wwnd, and temp, which mean zonal, meridional and vertical wind velocities, and temperature, respectively. The numbers of the first line of each file represent altitudes, and the second and below are observational local date and time (day-month-year hour:minute:second) and data at each altitude. The value of 999 means missing data.

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PT3M

34.856

34.856

136.106

136.106

1.5

11.1

date

Date in the form YYYY-MMM-DD where YYYY= Gregorian Year AD, MMM = month of year (JAN-DEC), and DD = day of month (01-31).

time

Time in the form hh:mm:ss where hh = hour of day (00-23), mm = minute of hour amd ss = second of minute. Local time (UT + 09:00:00) is used for time data.

height

Altitude (above sea level)

m

1500

20400

uwnd

Zonal wind (eastward wind is positive.)

m/s

999.0

vwnd

Meridional wind (northward wind is positive.)

m/s

999.0

wind

Vertical wind (upflow is positive.)

m/s

999.0

temp

Temperature

K

999.0