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ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Horizontal wind measured with Meteor radar in Svalbard, Norway.
ReleaseDate
2012-08-28 12:00:00
Description
Hourly-averaged horizontal wind at 80-100km altitude measured with NSMR (Nippon-Svalbard Meteor Radar)
Acknowledgement
We welcome collaborative research that uses the Meteor radar data. Please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr. Masaki Tsutsumi (tutumi [at] nipr.ac.jp), National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), if you want to use the data. The meteor radar observations are carried out in corporation with Univ. of Tromse.
Contacts
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Offline
AccessRights
Restricted
AccessURL
Format
Text.ASCII
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Profile
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2001-03-15 00:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P90D
Cadence
PT1H
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Thermosphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Mesosphere
SpatialCoverage
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
NorthernmostLatitude
78
SouthernmostLatitude
78
EasternmostLongitude
16
WesternmostLongitude
16
Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Wind Profiles
Parameter #1
Name
Universal Time
Description
Universal Time. 0.5 (hour) means time for averaged data from 0 to 1 UT.
Units
hour
Support
Parameter #2
Name
Altitude
Description
Altitude
Units
km
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #3
Name
Zonal wind
Description
Zonal wind. Positive means eastward wind.
Units
m/s
Particle
ParticleType
Molecule
ParticleQuantity
FlowVelocity
Parameter #4
Name
Standard deviation of zonal wind
Description
Standard deviation of zonal wind
Units
m/s
Support
Qualifier
StandardDeviation
SupportQuantity
Velocity
Parameter #5
Name
Meridional wind
Description
Meridional wind. Positive means northward wind
Units
m/s
Particle
ParticleType
Molecule
ParticleQuantity
FlowVelocity
Parameter #6
Name
Standard deviation of meridional wind
Description
Standard deviation of meridional wind
Units
m/s
Support
Qualifier
StandardDeviation
SupportQuantity
Velocity