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Radar Discussion Report
•Review of radar systems •Locations of radars at supersite•Scanning strategies•Data formats and displays•Real time data transmission•Staffing•Questions for ARM/AMIE•Products and relation to modeling—discussion deferred
DYNAMO Planning Meeting, Seattle, 7 July 2010
Houze, Ellis, Schumacher, Medina, Rutledge, Moore, Brodzik, Yuan
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HUMIDITY
DUAL WAVELENGTH
•SPolKa (NCAR) S & Ka band
MM-WAVELENGTH•ARM mm radar•ARM Ka band•SPolKa Ka band
MM-WAVELENGTH•ARM mm radar•ARM Ka band•SpolKa Ka band
Review of Radars at Supersite
Polarimetric Microphysics•SPolKa•ARM X band
Doppler Air motions•SMART-R C-band•SPolKa•ARM X & Ka•NOAA S-band?
CM-WAVELENGTHPrecipitation•SMART-R C-band•SPolKa S-band•ARM/AMIE X-band•NOAA S-band?•NOAA Distrometer?
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MM-WAVELENGTH•Vertically pointing mm-wavelength
MM-WAVELENGTH•Vertically pointing mm-wavelength
Ship Radars
Doppler Air motions•C-band scanning
CM-WAVELENGTHPrecipitation•C-band scanning
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Where the radars will be located
SMART-R
Addu Atoll
SPolKa/SACR?
AMF2(MMCR?)/SPROF?
5 km
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Scanning Strategies
•Need to coordinate C-band radar scans at ships with SMART-R
•SPolKa strategy•Shallow convection—horizontal •Deep convection—vertical & horizontal combined•Decision making—will involve radar scientist to decide when to switch (issue to resolve)
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Data formats and displays
•For radar geeks only—See detailed meeting notes of Socorro Medina
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Real time data transmission
•Will need SMART-R and ARM data at SPolKa site
•If aircraft is involved more data transmission questions will arise
•NCAR, UW, A&M, and ARM engineers will need to coordinate about these issues
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Staffing at Gan•Technical staff
•NCAR 2 technicians at all times, 2 student* helpers throughout the project are desirable
•ARM 1-2 tech staff at all times, ~2 local or student* helpers—must be employed by DOE
•Scientists from UW, A&M, NCAR (includes students)•UW 1-2 people at any time (Houze, Brodzik, Medina, Rasmussen)
•A&M 1 PI and/or engineer at beginning for setup, 2 students* at all times thereafter
•NCAR 2 (scientists), 0-1 DYNAMO radar scientist** at all times•Student summary
•NCAR—2 students* for humidity calculations; 2 students* for other technical assistance
•A&M—2 students* for operating SMART-R•UW—1 UW student for UW science activity•ARM--TBD
*Could be from UW, A&M, CSU or other university**Could be student or staff from UW, A&M, or CSU
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Questions for ARM
•Radar locations•Staffing needs•Data transmission to SPolKa site•Other?