SCMS CP2 Data Availability
About These Data
NCAR's CP2 radar operated in support of the Small Cumulus Microphysics
Study during July and August, 1995.
The Research Data Program (RDP) of ATD maintains a permanent
archive of all CP2 data for this project, and may be contacted for
data requests.
Back to main ATD Data Archive directory page.
GoTo Introduction, SCMS CP2 Operations Report
Tapes and Time Periods Available
The following tape data with the indicated time spans are available.
Note that time gaps may occasionally exist within a tape, and the
summary information file should be consulted to determine if a
specific time period actually exists on tape (click on the tape
number to view the summary file; click here for general
information about the contents of the summary files). Tape numbers
shown are RDP archive numbers, and may be referenced when requesting
data. Click on the 
button
(when present) to review radar scan patterns for the time period of a
corresponding tape.
NCAR CP2 Operational Radar Images during SCMS
Movie loops of low-level scans have been created for some tapes during
certain radar projects. See the
tables at the end of this document to access daily movie files.
Q12300 02-Jul-95 18:51 06-Jul-95 20:02
Q12301 07-Jul-95 15:27 09-Jul-95 20:21
Q12302 10-Jul-95 13:25 11-Jul-95 21:25
Q12303 12-Jul-95 12:12 13-Jul-95 19:52
Q12304 14-Jul-95 12:24 15-Jul-95 19:15
Q12305 16-Jul-95 11:55 18-Jul-95 19:37
Q12306 19-Jul-95 12:57 20-Jul-95 20:30
Q12307 21-Jul-95 13:07 22-Jul-95 18:55
Q12308 23-Jul-95 13:09 24-Jul-95 21:04
Q12309 25-Jul-95 11:50 26-Jul-95 20:54
Q12310 27-Jul-95 11:03 29-Jul-95 17:35
Q12311 30-Jul-95 11:48 31-Jul-95 16:50
Q12312 01-Aug-95 13:09 02-Aug-95 18:00 Hurricane Erin
Q12313 03-Aug-95 11:28 04-Aug-95 21:31
Q12314 04-Aug-95 21:36 06-Aug-95 00:15
Q12315 06-Aug-95 12:02 07-Aug-95 19:37
Q12316 08-Aug-95 11:53 08-Aug-95 22:05
Q12317 09-Aug-95 11:44 10-Aug-95 20:54
Q12318 11-Aug-95 11:59 12-Aug-95 19:30
Q12319 13-Aug-95 12:01 14-Aug-95 19:40
Q20357 05-Jul-95 21:10 14-Aug-95 19:56 Cal history tape
Movies are from low-level surveillence sweeps at frame intervals of
from 7 to 12 minutes. All sweeps are at .8 degree elevation, despite
labels in the movies that seem to indicate scans of .7 and .9 degrees
(exceptions are the scans for 17-Jul and 2-Aug [hurricane Erin]). In
the movies, certain sectors (to the south and SE of CP2) are
blanked-out, a requirement of NASA that CP2 not transmit over space
shuttle launch pads or landing strips.
Sizes of the movies are noted in Mbytes -- they are long! --
and the number of frames is listed; a short movie is provided as an
example (however, this "short" movie is still 600Kbytes). Various
things were tried to reduce the size of the movies: resolutions were
changed, frame sizes altered, and tests were run with a much smaller
color palette (this last had no appreciable effect). So, ...
apologies for the large sizes. Send any suggestions you may have so I
can try them, and keep in mind that the data are available on tape.
If you have comments or problems: please contact me. The
movies provided here were created on a Sun platform using software
obtained over the net; you may experience problems related to
filesize, network bandwidth, or hardware incompatibilities. I'd
really like to know about the problems, so they can be avoided in
future movie creations.
Movies can be provided on tape media (in UNIX tar format, with
"gif" images of individual frames) for users who desire their own
copy, or in cases where lack of sufficient network bandwidth makes
access a torment. Simply contact RDP for ordering data.
S-Band, Reflectivity and Velocity
07-Jul n/a 27-Jul 3.0 Mb 51 fms
08-Jul 0.7 Mb 15 fms 28-Jul 2.1 34
09-Jul n/a 29-Jul 1.9 34
10-Jul n/a 30-Jul 3.2 68
11-Jul n/a 31-Jul 1.7 32
12-Jul 2.4 50 01-Aug misc
13-Jul 2.0 32 02-Aug misc
14-Jul 2.7 43 03-Aug 2.9 49
15-Jul 3.1 54 04-Aug 4.2 77
16-Jul 2.2 38 05-Aug 5.6 89
17-Jul 0.6 12 06-Aug 2.5 46
18-Jul 2.0 31 07-Aug 2.3 50
19-Jul 2.5 48 08-Aug 2.9 64
20-Jul 2.5 45 09-Aug 3.4 65
21-Jul 3.1 52 10-Aug 2.9 54
22-Jul 2.0 32 11-Aug 2.5 53
23-Jul 2.5 43 12-Aug 2.9 52
24-Jul 3.3 55 13-Aug 2.5 49
25-Jul 3.0 49 14-Aug 2.9 61
26-Jul 3.2 56
X-Band, Reflectivity Only
These X-band movies were created to support the boundary layer studies
of Weckwerth and Wilson.
CP2/RP6 X-band is not Dopplerized, so velocity was not available.
[Special note: CP2 was configured with an auxiliary processor
during SCMS, and this auxiliary processor recovered X-band Doppler
velocities; data from this processor is preliminary, and has not yet
been reduced to a form that is available to the general user
community.]
07-Jul n/a 27-Jul 1.4 Mb 51 fms
08-Jul 0.6 Mb 15 fms 28-Jul 0.9 34
09-Jul n/a 29-Jul 0.8 34
10-Jul n/a 30-Jul 1.7 68
11-Jul n/a 31-Jul 0.7 32
12-Jul 1.3 50 01-Aug n/a
13-Jul 0.8 32 02-Aug n/a
14-Jul 1.2 43 03-Aug 1.2 49
15-Jul 1.3 54 04-Aug 1.8 77
16-Jul 0.9 38 05-Aug 2.2 89
17-Jul 0.2 12 06-Aug 1.1 46
18-Jul 0.9 31 07-Aug 1.2 50
19-Jul 1.0 48 08-Aug 1.6 64
20-Jul 1.0 45 09-Aug 1.9 65
21-Jul 1.4 52 10-Aug 1.6 54
22-Jul 0.8 32 11-Aug 1.4 53
23-Jul 1.0 43 12-Aug 1.5 52
24-Jul 1.5 55 13-Aug 1.4 49
25-Jul 1.4 49 14-Aug 1.8 61
26-Jul 1.4 56
Document Creation:
Bob Rilling, / NCAR Atmospheric Technology Division
Created: 30-Aug-1995
Last Modified: 13-Dec-1995
Movies created with software assistance from Gary Granger