UHF wind profilers (some with Radio-Acoustic Sounding System
(RASS) capabilities) provide winds through ~ 6 km plus
virtual temperature soundings to ~ 2 km. NOAA/AL and ETL.
Virtual Integrated Sounding Systems, VISS (co-located SMN
sounding + UHF profiler)
NCAR Integrated Sounding Systems, ISS, (UHF profiler + RASS
+ rawinsonde); ISS and VISS will provide continuous wind profiles
in the low-to-mid troposphere along with full tropospheric
thermodynamic and wind soundings.
SMN 5 cm Doppler radars
A 10 cm Doppler-polarimetric radar (NASA N-POL, NCAR S-POL);
providing rainfall estimates, structure of convection, airflow patterns
The Ron Brown shipboard platform (VISS, 5 cm Doppler radar)
Crtitical GofC location for surges.
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