CAMEX-4 15-Minute Averaged 3-D Wind Profiles from Mobile Profiling System

MIPS 915 MHz Doppler Wind Profiler data provides 15-minute averaged 3-D wind profiles, radial velocity, and backscatter intensity measurements. The dataset was collected by the University of Alabama in Huntsville's mobile atmospheric profiling system during the CAMEX-4 campaign. It is hosted by NASA's GHRC DAAC.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical wind structure and turbulence using 3-D wind profiles.
• Studying atmospheric backscatter and aerosol layers with backscatter intensity data.
• Validating numerical weather prediction models with high-temporal-resolution wind measurements.
• Investigating radial velocity patterns for research on storm dynamics and wind shear.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple atmospheric measurements from a mobile integrated profiling system (MIPS).
• Provides 15-minute averaged profiles, offering high temporal resolution for wind analysis.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, reporting both 2001-09-14 and 2026-03-13.

Provenance

Source

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS).

Collection Method

Collected by a mobile system including a 915 MHz Doppler profiler, lidar ceilometer, microwave radiometer, sodar, RASS, Field Mills, and surface station.

Time Range

Campaign period for CAMEX-4 (Convection and Moisture Experiment).

Freshness

2026-03-13 07:04:38.888467

Geography

Mobile deployment location(s) during CAMEX-4 campaign.