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Record Search Query: [Parameters: Topic='ATMOSPHERE', Term='ATMOSPHERIC WINDS', Variable_Level_1='CONVECTION']
COMET Case Study 004: Bow Echo Event Over Paducah, Kentucky 1996 Data at UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC
 Entry ID: COMET004_UCAR_JOSS_NOAA_CODIAC


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Summary
Abstract: This case contains data from a "bow echo" event that passed over the
Paducah Kentucky area on 5 May 1996.

For more information, see:
http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?COMET_CASE_004

Related URL
Link: GET DATA
Description: COMET Case 004 list of data sets and access to COMET case 004 data


Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Description: COMET Case 004 documentation, information and data


Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
COMET_CASE_STUDIES


Geographic Coverage
 N: 40.0 S: 32.0  E: -80.0  W: -95.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Title: COMET Case Study 004: Bow Echo
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: UCAR/JOSS
Online Resource: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?COMET_CASE_004


Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1996-05-05
Stop Date: 1996-05-05


Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >STORMS    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >TORNADOES    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >AIR TEMPERATURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >HUMIDITY    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >WATER VAPOR    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >CONVECTION    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >SURFACE WINDS    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >UPPER LEVEL WINDS    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >VERTICAL WIND MOTION    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >PRECIPITATION AMOUNT    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >PRECIPITATION RATE    [Definition]
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >INFRARED WAVELENGTHS >INFRARED IMAGERY    [Definition]
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >RADAR >RADAR IMAGERY    [Definition]
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >RADAR >RADAR REFLECTIVITY    [Definition]
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS >VISIBLE IMAGERY    [Definition]


ISO Topic Category
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER


Platform
ASOS >Automated Surface Observing System    [Information]
GROUND STATIONS    [Information]
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS    [Information]
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS    [Information]
ECHO-1    [Information]
GOES-8 >Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8    [Information]


Instrument
DOPPLER RADAR    [Information]
NEXRAD >NEXt Generation RADar    [Information]
RADAR >Radio Detection and Ranging    [Information]
GOES I-M SOUNDER    [Information]
GOES I-M IMAGER    [Information]


Project
COMET >Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training    [Information]
ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]


Keywords
BOW ECHO EVENT
CONVECTIVE STORM
MESO-ETA MODEL
NCEP MODEL
RADIAL VELOCITY
SEVERE STORM
STORM
WINDSTORM
WSI NIDS
WSR-88D


Data Set Progress
COMPLETE


Originating Center
UCAR/JOSS


Data Center
Cooperative Distributed Interactive Atmospheric Catalog System, Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research    [Information]
Data Center URL: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/

Data Center Personnel
Name: USER SERVICES/CODIAC
 Email: codiac at ucar.edu
Contact Address:
Codiac Data Archive
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000-FL4
 City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80307-3000
Country: USA



Distribution
Distribution_Media: online ftp
Distribution_Size: varies
Distribution_Format: varies
Fees: None


Publications/References
Giglio, L., I. Csiszar and C.O. Justice, Global Distribution and Seasonality of
Active Fires as Observed with the Terra and Aqua MODIS Sensors. Journal of
Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 111, G02016, doi:10.1029/2005JG000142.

Giglio, L., Descloitres, J., Justice, C. O., and Kaufman, Y., 2003: An enhanced
contextual fire detection algorithm for MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment,
87:273-282.

Kaufman, Y.J., Justice, C.O., Flynn, L.P., Kendall, J.D., Prins, E.M., Giglio,
L., Ward, D.E., Menzel, W.P., and Setzer, A.W., 1998. Potential Global Fire
Monitoring from EOS-MODIS. Journal of Geophysical Research,
103(D24):32215-32238.

Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2001-02-15
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-08-14


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