Periods of Vertical Pointing

S-Pol STEPS Idalia Colorado, 2000

Aperiodically, the S-Pol radar is pointed vertically for purposes of data quality control. Vertical pointing allows estimation of any bias in Zdr, and provides insight to the correctness of other radar parameters.

The following is a tabulation of all periods of vertical pointing for S-pol in STEPS:

00/05/26   22:10:29  to  22:13:39
00/06/07   02:20:19  to  02:23:15
00/06/11   23:38:10  to  23:48:12
00/06/17   16:18:05  to  16:37:45
00/06/26   16:59:16  to  17:10:28
00/06/26   23:20:23  to  23:23:32
00/06/27   18:06:48  to  18:15:36
00/07/02   02:40:41  to  02:43:16
00/07/08   20:37:06  to  20:37:11
00/07/16   17:48:    to  xx:xx:xx