The wind profiler data available from Unidata is the NOAA Profiler Network (NPN). The NPN, consisting of 35 unmanned Doppler Radar sites located in 18 central US states and Alaska, provides hourly vertical wind profile data.The wind profiler data available from Unidata is the NOAA Profiler Network (NPN). The NPN, consisting of 35 unmanned Doppler Radar sites located in 18 central US states and Alaska, provides hourly vertical wind profile data.
More information on NPN data collection
| Remote Data Access | Data Coverage | Display & Analysis Options | |||||||
| LDM Feedtype* | McIDAS ADDE |
TDS |
Short-Term Archive |
Site | National | Global | GEMPAK | IDV | McIDAS |
| FSL2 (FT7, PROFILER) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
*See a complete list of LDM feed types
The NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) provides profile data information including sampling modes, site location, etc.Questions or comments about wind profiler data can be sent to: support@unidata.ucar.edu