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INCOMPASS: India Meteorology Department Doppler radar convective cell statistics v2

This dataset contains radar-derived measurements of cell-top height, size, 2 km reflectivity, and cell latitude and longitude from all convective cells between 14 May and 30 September 2016, where radar is available. The data was collected as part of the NERC/MoES Interaction of Convective Organization and Monsoon Precipitation, Atmosphere, Surface and Sea (INCOMPASS) field campaign.

The seven sites analysed here represent four different Indian climate regions, allowing the study of the spatiotemporal development of convection during the 2016 monsoon season at high (1 km) resolution. Variation in these different cell statistics are found over timescales of variability such as the diurnal cycle, active-break periods, and monsoon progression.

The updated radar-derived cell statistics here have been corrected from the previous version by removing all convective cells that touch the outer edge of the radar domain.

The data were collected as part of the INCOMPASS field campaign May-July 2016, funded by Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) (NE/L01386X/1). The aim of the project was to improve the skill of rainfall prediction in operational weather and climate models by way of better understanding and representation of interactions between the land surface, boundary layer, convection, the large-scale environment and monsoon variability on a range of scales.

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Date (Publication)
2021-03-11T14:40:22
Date (Creation)
2021-03-11T14:40:22
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b28633ddc0f44d77a6aa81ad7bd66285
Identifier
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / b28633ddc0f44d77a6aa81ad7bd66285
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doi / 10.5285/b28633ddc0f44d77a6aa81ad7bd66285
Author
  Unavailable - Doyle, Alex ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Stein, Thorwald ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Turner, Andrew G. ( author )
Custodian
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - custodian
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - data_owner
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - distributor
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Principal investigator
  Unavailable - Turner, Andrew G. ( principal_investigator )
pointofContact
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - point_of_contact
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - publisher
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Keywords
  • NERC
  • INCOMPASS
  • monsoon
  • radar
  • cells
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2016-05-14T00:00:00
End date
2016-09-30T23:59:59
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WGS 84
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  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - Data Center Contact
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Paper: 2016 Monsoon Convection and its place in the Large-Scale Circulation using Doppler Radars A. J. Doyle,T. H. M. Stein,A. G. Turner

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2010-12-08
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INCOMPASS: radiosonde and in-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft 1873b605e2a74cac8b4f5d12593e54fc
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2025-05-09T02:05:33
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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