Data · dataset · 2026
McGill VertiX Vertically Pointing Radar Data
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
The McGill Radar Observatory operates 2 vertically pointing X-band radars (VertiX) at 2 sites on the island of Montreal.
Description
The vertically pointing X-band radars can detect all precipitation targets and some ice clouds. They can also measure the Doppler velocity of precipitation targets.
They allow the production of very detailed radar images of weather as it passes overhead. The radar located at the McGill Radar site (JSM) on the west of the Island is dual-polarized while the one on Burnside Hall (BH) downtown is single polarized. The dual-polarization permits additional information on the variability of shapes of the precipitation targets that the single polarization radar cannot.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.26023/xr71-6mfj-y508 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/mcgill-vertix-vertically-pointing-radar-data ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=7088ed1d-6db7-43f9-99d6-d6d52a083… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 69% · Image 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
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