CAMEX-4 Mobile Atmospheric Profiling System SODAR Data

This dataset contains wind and atmospheric data from the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS), collected during the CAMEX-4 campaign. It provides high-temporal-resolution measurements from a Doppler Sodar, packaged as daily tar files containing 'cdf' files with 15-minute average 3-D wind profiles and 'mom' files with radial velocity and backscatter intensity for each beam. The data is hosted by the GHRC DAAC and appears on multiple authoritative Earth science platforms.

Use Cases

• Analyzing 3-D wind profiles and boundary layer height using the 15-minute averaged data in the 'cdf' files.
• Studying fine-scale radial velocity and backscatter intensity variations from individual Sodar beams in the 'mom' files.
• Validating numerical weather prediction models with high-temporal-resolution atmospheric observations.
• Investigating surface temperature and atmospheric pressure relationships within the planetary boundary layer.

Strengths

• Data originates from a sophisticated mobile platform integrating a Doppler Sodar, lidar ceilometer, microwave radiometer, and other sensors.
• Provides high temporal resolution with horizontal beam measurements approximately 7 seconds apart.
• Hosted by NASA's GHRC DAAC and appears on multiple authoritative Earth science data portals.

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and total dataset size are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, with one listing 2001-09-12 and others listing 2026-03 13.

Provenance

Source

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS), organized by GHRC_DAAC.

Collection Method

Collected by a mobile atmospheric profiling system using a Doppler Sodar, with data packaged into daily tar files containing 'cdf' and 'mom' formats.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-03-13 04:57:36.495052

Geography

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