Wind profilers data: data set description page


Data set source
Information on available Data
Quality Control Processing
Data format
Data selection page

Data set source

  • Ships Participating in Fastex:
  • LE SUROIT (French ship)
  • The KNORR (NOAA)
  • European network profilers
  • US network profilers


    • Information on available data in the FASTEX Central Archive

  • LE SUROIT: 30 minutes average profiles with 2 range-gate extents:
  • range-gate=56 meters, first gate height 137 , 2160 profiles between Jan 7,97 and Feb 28,97
  • range-gate=98 meters, first gate height 144 , 2160 profiles between Jan 7,97 and Feb 28,97
  • The KNORR
  • range-gate=56 meters, first gate height 137 , 1151 profiles between Jan 1,97 and Jan 25,97
  • range-gate=98 meters, first gate height 144 , 1149 profiles between Jan 7,97 and Feb 28,97
  • European network profilers: 11 sites in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Spain and Germany.


    • Quality Control Processing

  • Data providers validation
  • Profilers on the FASTEX ships
    This dataset is a real-time one and has not been reprocessed and screened for quality. Use the data with care taking into consideration that it is not the final re-processed data set.
  • European network: each set of data is validated by the data providers before sending it to the CWINDE Archive, in BUFR format. Data are decoded and included in the CWINDE Archive.
  • FASTEX Central archive checking Check on no duplicate data


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    Data format

    ASCII files, one file for each profile, including these parameters:
  • Profilers on the FASTEX ships:
    average wind components (horizontal wind speed and direction, vertical speed) and the signal noise ratios for 2 oblique beams and the verical beam.
  • European network Profilers:
    average wind components (horizontal wind speed and direction, vertical speed) and quality flags for the horizontal and the vertical wind speed.
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    Updated: 29 Dec 1998