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Horizontal wind data in the middle-latitude mesosphere and lower thermosphere estimated from the meteor wind radar observations at Shigaraki (text format)

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The horizontal wind data in the middle-latitude mesosphere and lower thermosphere (70-110 km) estimated from the meteor wind observations at Shigaraki MU Observatory in Shiga Prefecture, Japan (34.86N, 136.11E, 385m MSL). The wind data are calculated from the original observation data with a weighting function. They are stored in the text file named Ws(year)(month)(day).(resolution).txt or Ws(year)(month).(resolution).txt. The resolution abbreviations are h2t60min00, h2t60min30, h4t60min00 and h4t60min30. For example, the h2t60 means weighted average with Gaussian factors over +/-2 km in height and +/-60 minutes in time. The min00 shows that the center of the Gaussian window corresponds to 00 minute of every hour. The intervals of the wind data are every 2km and 60 minutes. The text file includes year, day of year, time (local time), height, zonal and meridional winds, standard deviations of zonal and meridional winds, number of meteors used for the weighted average of the horizontal wind and two internal values.

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ResourceID
spase://IUGONET/NumericalData/RISH/misc/SGK/MWradar/mwr_sgk_txt
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ResourceName
Horizontal wind data in the middle-latitude mesosphere and lower thermosphere estimated from the meteor wind radar observations at Shigaraki (text format)
ReleaseDate
2016-07-21 17:08:00
Description
The horizontal wind data in the middle-latitude mesosphere and lower thermosphere (70-110 km) estimated from the meteor wind observations at Shigaraki MU Observatory in Shiga Prefecture, Japan (34.86N, 136.11E, 385m MSL). The wind data are calculated from the original observation data with a weighting function. They are stored in the text file named Ws(year)(month)(day).(resolution).txt or Ws(year)(month).(resolution).txt. The resolution abbreviations are h2t60min00, h2t60min30, h4t60min00 and h4t60min30. For example, the h2t60 means weighted average with Gaussian factors over +/-2 km in height and +/-60 minutes in time. The min00 shows that the center of the Gaussian window corresponds to 00 minute of every hour. The intervals of the wind data are every 2km and 60 minutes. The text file includes year, day of year, time (local time), height, zonal and meridional winds, standard deviations of zonal and meridional winds, number of meteors used for the weighted average of the horizontal wind and two internal values.
Acknowledgement
If you acquire meteor wind radar data, we ask that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. This may be done by including text such as meteor wind radar data provided by Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere of Kyoto University. We would also appreciate receiving a copy of the relevant publications.
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. PrincipalInvestigator spase://IUGONET/Person/Toshitaka.Tsuda
2. MetadataContact spase://IUGONET/Person/RISH.Metadata.Management.Group

AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://IUGONET/Repository/RISH/RISHDB
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
Meteor Wind Radar at Shigaraki
URL
http://database.rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp/arch/mudb/mwr/
Language
English
Format
Text.ASCII
ProviderVersion
Data version 1.0
InstrumentIDs
spase://IUGONET/Instrument/RISH/misc/SGK/MWradar
MeasurementType
Profile
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1979-03-13 18:00:00
StopDate
1992-08-28 03:00:00
Cadence
PT1H
SpectralRange
RadioFrequency
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Mesosphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Thermosphere
SpatialCoverage
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
WGS84
NorthernmostLatitude
34.856
SouthernmostLatitude
34.856
EasternmostLongitude
136.106
WesternmostLongitude
136.106
MinimumElevation
70
MaximumElevation
110
Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Wind Profiles
Parameter #1
Name
year
Description
Year in the form YY where YY = the last two digits of year (00-99).
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
doy
Description
Doy in the form DDD where DDD = day of year (1-366).
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
time
Description
Time in the form hh mm where hh = hour of day (00-23) and mm = minute of hour. Local time (UT + 09:00:00) is used for time data.
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #4
Name
height
Description
Height
Units
km
ValidMin
70
ValidMax
110
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #5
Name
uwind
Description
Zonal wind (eastward wind is positive.)
Units
m/s
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
FillValue
-9999.0
Particle
ParticleType
Molecule
ParticleQuantity
Velocity
Parameter #6
Name
vwind
Description
Meridional wind (northward wind is positive.)
Units
m/s
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
FillValue
-9999.0
Particle
ParticleType
Molecule
ParticleQuantity
Velocity
Parameter #7
Name
sig_uwind
Description
Standard deviation of zonal wind
Units
m/s
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
FillValue
-9999.0
Support
Qualifier
StandardDeviation
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #8
Name
sig_vwind
Description
Standard deviation of meridional wind
Units
m/s
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
FillValue
-9999.0
Support
Qualifier
StandardDeviation
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #9
Name
mwnum
Description
Number of meteor trails used to determine the horizontal wind
Units
1
FillValue
-9999.0
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #10
Name
int1
Description
Internal check value
Units
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #11
Name
int2
Description
Internal check value
Units
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other