Data Platform NCAR S-Pol Radar
Description The NCAR S-band dual-polarized (S-Pol) radar was deployed on the Washington coast, at a location with a clear view of the offshore study area. It was used for long-range weather surveiallance and directing of aircraft into precipitation features, as well as measuring reflectivity, polarimetric, and Doppler velocity structures of precipitation features that moved through the study area.
Location(s) Westport, WA, Lat: 46.9047, Lon: -124.1313, Elev: 11 m
Operators Jothiram Vivekanandan and James Wilson (NCAR), Project Managers
Data Format(s) Sweep files
Software UW Zebra
Data Location(s) Sweep files available from http://www.atd.ucar.edu/rdp/mss_retrieval. Limited time periods of sweep files, with corrected lat/lon information, are located in /home/carg23/improve/spol_ppi_raw and /home/carg23/improve/spol_rhi_raw