The re-configured S-Pol system is sometimes referred to as S-PolKa, an indication of the Ka-band system added to the radar. Several data sets were produced from S-Pol raw data, depending upon the various desires of the PIs.
The following data sets were produced:
For RICO, the Ka band performed simultaneous H and V transmit, with separate recievers for the H and V return power.
S-band is 2809 MHz, 10.68 cm Ka-band is approx 8.6 mm
| Present In: | Parameter | ||||||
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| 9var | 11var | fullvar | Name | Units | Description | ||
| Sonly | SandK | Sonly | SandK | ||||
| X | X | CDBZ | dBZ | S-band coherent reflectivity | |||
| X | X | X | X | X | DBZ | dBZ | S-band reflectivity |
| X | X | DL | dBm | S-band Vertical received power (co-polar: V-tx, V-rec) | |||
| X | X | X | X | X | DM | dBm | S-band Horizontal received power (co-polar: H-tx, H-rec) |
| DW | dBm | S-band cross-polar received power (V-tx, H-rec or HV) | |||||
| X | X | X | DX | dBm | S-band cross-polar received power (H-tx, V-rec or VH) | ||
| X | X | DY | dBZ | S-band co-polar reflectivity (V-tx, V-rec or VV) | |||
| X | X | X | LDR | dB | S-band depolarization ratio (H-tx, V-rec, or VH) | ||
| X | X | LVDR | dB | S-band depolarization ratio (V-tx, H-rec, or HV) | |||
| LDR_VH_K | dB | Ka-band depolarization ratio (H-tx, V-rec, or VH) (N/A RICO) (special note: H-polarization for Ka is often tipped up to 22 degrees off of horizontal in LDR mode) |
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| X | X | X | X | X | NCP | none | S-band normalized coherent power (HH) |
| X | NCP_HH_K | none | Ka-band normalized coherent power (HH) | ||||
| X | X | X | PHIDP | deg | S-band differential phase | ||
| X | X | P_HH_K | dBm | Ka-band co-polar received power (H-tx, H-rec or HH) | |||
| X | X | P_VV_K | dBm | Ka-band co-polar received power (V-tx, V-rec) | |||
| X | X | RHOHV | none | S-band Correlation coefficient between HH, VV | |||
| X | RHO_VH_K | none | Ka-band Correlation coefficient between HH, VV | ||||
| X | X | X | X | X | SW | m/s | S-band co-polar spectrum width (computed from both SW_HH and SW_VV) |
| X | SW_HH_K | m/s | Ka-band co-polar spectrum width (HH) | ||||
| X | TH_VH_K | deg | Ka-band differential phase (PHIDP of Ka) (not yet evaluated for utility) | ||||
| X | X | X | X | X | VR | m/s | S-band co-polar radial velocity (computed from both V_HH and V_VV using the CSU algorithms) |
| X | X | V_HH_K | m/s | Ka-band co-polar radial velocity (HH) | |||
| X | X | X | X | X | ZDR | dB | S-band differential reflectivity (DBZ_HH - DBZ_VV) |
| X | X | ZDR_VH_K | dB | Ka-band differential reflectivity (DBZ_HH - DBZ_VV) | |||
| ZG0_HH_K | dBZ | Ka-band co-polar HH reflectivity, corrected using gate-zero transmit power. | |||||
| X | X | Z_HH_K | dB | Ka-band co-polar reflectivity (HH) | |||
| NIQ | dB | Average magnitude of backscatter pwr (HH) | |||||
| AIQ | deg | Average phase of backscattered power (HH) AIQ is used in the Fabry refractive index work for the determination of virtual temp |
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| CH | none | Magnitude of cross correlation, HH and VH | |||||
| AH | deg | Angle of the cross correlation, HH and VH | |||||
| CV | none | Magnitude of cross correlation, VV and HV | |||||
| AV | deg | Angle of the cross correlation, VV and HV | |||||
| KDP | deg/km | [Not Available] Specific diff propagation phase (HH, VV) | |||||
| Note: the complement of possible parameters will vary by project and processor code version. | |||||||