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 |