TARA Radar: Multi-Beam Doppler Wind and Reflectivity Profiles for Cabauw

S-band radar measurements from the TU Delft transportable atmospheric radar TARA, placed at the remote sensing site in Cabauw. The dataset includes profiles of equivalent reflectivity factor, horizontal wind speed and direction, and vertical Doppler velocity. It is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical wind profiles based on horizontal wind speed and direction data
• Studying atmospheric reflectivity and precipitation based on equivalent reflectivity factor profiles
• Investigating vertical air motion and turbulence based on vertical Doppler velocity profiles
• Validating numerical weather prediction models using multi-beam Doppler radar observations

Strengths

• Data originates from a specific, sensitive profiling radar (TARA) with a known central frequency of 3.298 GHz
• Includes multiple derived atmospheric parameters: reflectivity, wind speed, wind direction, and Doppler velocity
• License is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, permitting reuse with attribution

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Measurements from the TU Delft transportable atmospheric radar TARA

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Cabauw, Netherlands