System for Analysis of Wind Collocations (SAWC)
A Novel Archive and Collocation Software Application for the Intercomparison of Winds from Multiple Observing Platforms
The requirement for accurate atmospheric wind observations is a high priority in the science community. To address this requirement and to support researchers' needs to acquire and analyze wind data from multiple sources, the System for Analysis of Wind Collocations (SAWC) was jointly developed by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, UMD/ESSIC/CISESS, and UW-Madison/CIMSS.
SAWC encompasses:
- A multi-year archive of global 3D winds observed by sondes and aircraft, Loon stratospheric superpressure balloons, and satellites (i.e., atmospheric motion vectors (AMVs), Aeolus Doppler wind lidar)
- Identified pairings between select datasets collocated in space and time, for select time periods
- Collocation software application developed for their intercomparison
- User manual and documentation
The potential capability of SAWC is wide-ranging, from product validation and observation error characterization to advancements in the global Earth observing architecture.
SAWC is hosted and maintained on the NOAA/NESDIS/STAR public web server. It is continuously updated and is available at https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/data/sawc/
How to Cite:
Lukens, K. E., Garrett, K., Ide, K., Santek, D., Hoover, B., Huber, D., Hoffman, R. N., and Liu, H., 2023: System for Analysis of Wind Collocations (SAWC): A Novel Archive and Collocation Software Application for the Intercomparison of Winds from Multiple Observing Platforms. Under review at MDPI Meteorology (Manuscript ID: meteorology-2728879).
