RaXPol Mobile Radar Data

This data set contains data from the University of Oklahoma RaXPol (Rapid X-band Polarimetric Radar) mobile radar during the VORTEX-SE 2017 field season. RaXPol collected data during VORTEX-SE 2017 IOP2 on 30-31 March 2017 and IOP3B on 5-6 April 2017. The data are in DORADE sweep file format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2017-03-30T00:00:00Z
    End:  2017-04-06T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2017-03-30T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2017-04-06T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 34.53586
Bounding Box South Lat 34.53585
Bounding Box West Long -85.75643
Bounding Box East Long -85.75642
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : DoradeDoc.pdf

Documentation #2 : README_RaXPol_V-SE2017.txt
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format DORADE: Doppler Radar Data Exchange Format in tar archive (application/x-tar)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 10538 MB
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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Author David J. Bodine ORCID icon
Michael I. Biggerstaff ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Publication Date 2017-08-04T20:27:37
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6XG9PV1
Alternate Identifier 541.009
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:45:08Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::541.009
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation David J. Bodine, Michael I. Biggerstaff. (2017). RaXPol Mobile Radar Data. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6XG9PV1. Accessed 25 March 2026.

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