Equatorial Atmosphere Radar (EAR)
Observation Data


(Version 02.0212)


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Notice: Old type of NetCDF data is here. CSV data is not changed.   (Mar 18, 2011)
Notice: In the header of NetCDF data, unit of time variable (time locale) was incorrect. Correct unit (locale) of time variable is "seconds since ..... +07:00". Header was fixed. The data itself is not wrong. (Jul 25, 2011).

Archive parameters:
CSV (Comma Separated Values) and NetCDF (Network Common Data From) formatted data are available.
File names of CSV data are composed of date and variable abbreviations: (year)(month)(day).(variable).csv
File names of NetCDF data are composed of date: (year)(month)(day).nc

Variables File Units Comments
Zonal wind uwnd m/s Westerly wind is positive
Meridional wind vwnd m/s Southerly wind is positive
Vertical wind wwnd m/s Upflow is positive
Echo intensity for Beam 1 pwr1 dB Arbitrary unit
Echo intensity for Beam 2 pwr2 dB Arbitrary unit
Echo intensity for Beam 3 pwr3 dB Arbitrary unit
Echo intensity for Beam 4 pwr4 dB Arbitrary unit
Echo intensity for Beam 5 pwr5 dB Arbitrary unit
Spectral width for Beam 1 wdt1 m/s Half power full width
Spectral width for Beam 2 wdt2 m/s Half power full width
Spectral width for Beam 3 wdt3 m/s Half power full width
Spectral width for Beam 4 wdt4 m/s Half power full width
Spectral width for Beam 5 wdt5 m/s Half power full width

Beam Direction
Beam No. (Az, Ze)
1 ( 0, 0)
2 ( 0, 10)
3 ( 90, 10)
4 (180, 10)
5 (270, 10)
The antenna beam is steered on a pulse-to-pulse basis.

Data Format

Observation Parameters
Parameter Value (Before 11 LT on August 2, 2001) Value (After 11 LT on August 2, 2001)
Subpulse length 1 micro sec 1 micro sec
Inter Pulse Period 200 micro sec 400 micro sec
Number of coherent integrations 16 32
Number of incoherent integrations 7 5
Number of FFT points 512 256
Pulse compression 8 bit optimized code (*) 16 bit optimized code (*)
(*) Spano, E. and O. Ghebrebrhan, Sequences of complementary codes for the optimum decoding of truncated ranges and high sidelobe suppression factors for ST/MST radar systems, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing., 34, 330-345, 1996.


2001 ZIP Archive Data (183.4 MB)
June, 2001
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2001
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2001
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2001
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2001
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2001
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2001
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2002 ZIP Archive Data (272.8 MB)
February, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2002
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2003 ZIP Archive Data (378.1 MB)
January, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2003
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2004 ZIP Archive Data (378.0 MB)
January, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2004
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2005 ZIP Archive Data (366.0 MB)
January, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2005
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2006 ZIP Archive Data (378.4 MB)
January, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2006
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2007 ZIP Archive Data (283.6 MB)
January, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2007
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2008 ZIP Archive Data (378.3 MB)
January, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2008
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2009 ZIP Archive Data (273.1 MB)
January, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2009
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2010 ZIP Archive Data (285.6 MB)
January, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2010
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2011 ZIP Archive Data (317.7 MB)
January, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2011
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2012 ZIP Archive Data (334.8 MB)
January, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2012
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2013 ZIP Archive Data (352.3 MB)
January, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2013
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2014 ZIP Archive Data (333.5 MB)
January, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2014
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2015 ZIP Archive Data (382.8 MB)
January, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2015
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2016 ZIP Archive Data (401.6 MB)
January, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2016
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2017 ZIP Archive Data (405.7 MB)
January, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2017
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2018 ZIP Archive Data (400.0 MB)
January, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
October, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2018
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2019 ZIP Archive Data (364.0 MB)
January, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
June, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
July, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
August, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
September, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
November, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
December, 2019
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

2020 ZIP Archive Data ( 98.6 MB)
January, 2020
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
February, 2020
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
March, 2020
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
April, 2020
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width
May, 2020
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

March, 2023
GIF File: Winds , Echo intensity , Spectral width

EAR Management Group
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Created: January 21, 2002
E-mail: ear@rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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