S-PolKa Users' Guide for DYNAMO 2011/12 (in progress)

Introduction

• About DYNAMO and S-Pol
• S-PolKa Participants
• S-Pol Overview

Project Location and the Site

• Geographic location
• Panoramic image
• Beam blockage
• Site photos
• Co-located instruments

S-PolKa Data Sets

• Data set flavors and formats
• S-PolKa Final merged data set
• Parameters available (final data set)
• Periods of operation and Known Outages
• Periods of special data collection
• WebCam data set
• Radar rain rates
• Radar Display Image Browser (SUR scans, only)
• Hydrometeor ID Volumetric analysis/rate of change
• Miscellaneous products

Data Quality and Systems Calibration

• Changes made during processing
• SMART-R / S-Pol Comparisons
• SMART-R Off-Level and Elevation Bias
• Post-field changes to Particle ID
• Pointing, ranging and leveling
• Solar scans (for pointing and power calibration)
• Engineering calibration
• S/Ka comparisons
• Self-consistent S-band calibration (PHI-cal)
• Vertical pointing for Zdr bias determination
• S and Ka systems sensitivity
• LDR sensitivity (raw info)
• Automated Test Equipment monitoring
• Monitoring of scanning accuracy
• Data transfer and recording auditing
• Known issues
• Some relevant radar signatures (PDF; Hubbert)
• Field Log Book (PDF)

Links

• EOL DYNAMO Project Home Page
• DYNAMO Field Catalog
• Project Scientist Reports and Status (Field Catalog)

Data Access

• DYNAMO Data Policy and Restrictions
• S-PolKa Final merged data set
• S/Ka Humidity and Water Vapor retrieval (experimental)
• WebCam images
• Non-circulating, preliminary data sets
• Master List of all DYNAMO Data Sets
• Software for using S-Pol data

S-Pol Documents and References

• Radar system description
• Calculation of parameters
• Scientific publications
• CfRadial and DORADE format descriptions
• Supplemental NCAR Radar Format and Translation documentation

S-PolKa DYNAMO Contacts

Principal Investigators

    Robert Houze, Univ of Washington
    houze AT uw.edu

    Deanna Hence, Univ of Washington
    dhence AT atmos.washington.edu

    Chidong Zhang, University of Miami
    czhang AT rsmas.miami.edu

Data Management

Bob Rilling NCAR/EOL rilling AT ucar.edu

Scott Ellis NCAR/EOL sellis AT ucar.edu

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