Issue 18 Autumn/Winter
2008 (PDF, 2.09 mb)
Wind Farms: Coming Soon to a WSR-88D Near You
Improving MDA in Software Build 11.0
A Move Toward Automating the WSR-88D
Coming Attraction! The Clutter Mitigation Decision Algorithm
ROC Stars
Riddle Me This...
Testing New Modulator Switches
You are Entering Another Dimension: The Exclusion Zone!
AVSET: A Clever Way to Achieve Faster Volume Scan Updates
The WSR-88D and the MPE Bias
Scenic RDA Photo Contest
Issue 17 Autumn 2007 (PDF, 1.33 mb)
What's Under That Purple Haze?
An Award Winning Staff
We're All Getting Older - Including the WSR-88D Network
Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm - An Update
The Clutter Mitigation Decision Algorithm
ORDA Clutter Suppression in a Nutshell
WSR-88D Technical Manual Management
And the Survey Says...
On the Comms Front
The Data Quality Dilemma - Ther's No Free Lunch
Introducing the Applications Branch
Issue 16 Summer 2006 (PDF, 1.32 mb)
"X" Marks the Spot
Alarms Following ORDA Installation
ROC Engineering and CM Join Forces
WSR-88D Precipitation Estimation - "A Conversation"
PPS Parameters & Their Impact on Rainfall Estimates
ORDA and Clutter Suppression
"Hints and Kinks" from South Shore, HI
Guidance for Bypass Map Generation
The RDA Chain
WSR-88D Hotline - Hot Topics
FAA CM Notice for WSR-88D's
Issue 15 Autumn 2005 (PDF, 207 kb)
Real-Time WSR-88D Level II Data Collection & Distribution
New Transmitter Tuning Technique
NEXRAD Operations Hot Topics
Future WSR-88D Softare Releases
On the Comms Front...
Researchers Demonstrate WSR-88D Helps NWS Forecasters Save Lives
Award Winning Staff
Issue 14 Winter 2005 (PDF, 642 kb)
AWIPS to Ingest FAA's TDWR Data
Benjamin Franklin & Dr. Van de Graff Would Have Been Amused
On the Comms Front...
You Wanted to Know...
VCP 121 and the Multi-PRF Dealiasing Algorithm
Developing an AWIPS Flash Flood Procedure “Bundle”
Identifying the Cause of WSR-88D Ghost Echoes
New ROC Deputy Director
New Electric Hoist Lifts Loads Into Radome
Multidisciplinary Approach to WSR-88D Data Quality Assurance
Award Winning Staff
Vogt Named ROC Director
Level II Data Collection Update
Issue 13 Summer 2004 (PDF, 927 kb)
Emphasis On WSR-88D Data Quality
On The Comms Front...
WSR-88D Radome and Tower Maintenance Programs
New WSR-88D Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm
Air Traffic Controllers Using WSR-88D Products
Build 5.0 Precipitation Processing Subsystem Changes
Future Meteorologists?
Don't Restrict the Klystron
Award Winning Staff
Portable Davit Crane Manufacturer's Lift Capacity Certification
Elevation/Azimuth Drive Motor Replacement
Issue 12 Winter 2003 (PDF, 298 kb)
Proper Post Charge Regulator Alignment
ORDA Program
RPG PPP Serial Upgrade
Fuel Tank Anti-Fouling Guidance
RPG Upgrade for Frame Relay or Digital Comms
Digital Videos Supplement Electronic Tech Manuals
Issue 11 Fall 2000 (PDF, 239 kb)
Note: The Issue Number 12 on page 1 of NEXRAD Now is incorrect, it should be Issue 11.
WARP, ITWS, & OPUP Connections
Updating Interagency MOA
NPI Rehosting Efforts
The New WDTB
Level II Archiving Updates
Real-Time Base Data Distribution
AC Ducting Modification For RDA Shelters
You've Got Mail
Spread The News
Documentation In Cyberspace
Issue 10 Spring 2000 (PDF, 391 kb)
BEWARE: WSR-88D Electrical Load "Creep"
NEXRAD Hoists, Types And Uses
OPUP - Supporting The New AFWA Philosophy
Level II Recorder Trouble Shooting Tips
WSR-88D Parts Usage
Issue 9 October, 1999 (PDF, 702 kb)
CW Substitution Reflectivity Check Error
PUP to AWIPS Instructional Component
Air Force UCPs move to NWS Forecast Offices
Optimizing Clutter Suppression
The Kansas City Connection
Going Digital!
Clutter Suppression Fallacies
Hail Detection Algorithm
WSR-88D Tech Manual Accuracy
WSR-88D EMI Problem
Volume 1, Issue 8 June, 1999 (PDF, 1.0 mb)
RDA in the 21st Century
NEXRAD Preparing For Y2K
Electronic Documentation
FAA Weather and Radar Processor
ARTCCs Apply NEXRAD Data
UPDATE: Real-time WSR-88D Wideband Data
Volume 1, Issue 7 February, 1999 (PDF, 1.2 mb)
Transition Power Source System
WSR-88D Solar Calibration
Radar Hot? Radar Cold?
Standardizing WSR-88D Communications Configurations
What Is That Spike? The Effects of Bistatic Coupling
Precipitation Accumulation Processing Improvements
WSR-88D Level II Recorder
Volume 1, Issue 6 June, 1998 (PDF, 347 Kb)
Use CFC to Optimize Performance of WSR-88D
Use of Microwave for Narrowband Communications
Optimizing the WSR-88D Radar System During Tropical Cyclone Landfall Events
WSR-88D Precipitation Algorithm Validation
Our WSR-88D ALWAYS Underestimates Precipitation Accumulation. WHY???
OU-OSF Combined Research Project
Clutter Filter Control and the BIG RED BALL
Microwave Narrowband Communications
Volume 1, Issue 5 January, 1998(PDF, 690 Kb)
WSR-88D Software Build 10
Pedestal 5VDC Power Supply (Author Correction: 2Lt Jamie Coker, USAF-OSF Systems Engineering Section)
Remote Maintenance Subsystem for FAA Redundant WSR-88Ds
Clutter Contamination: The Problem Far Reaching, The Simple Solution!
Level II Enhancements for Build 10.0
OSF Engineering Transmitter Test Bed Operational (Author Correction: Bill Urell, OSF Systems Engineering Section)
Algorithms Survey Information
A New Spin on Tornado Detection
RDA/RPG Remote Access Terminals (Author Correction: Christina Ostrander, OSF Systems Engineering Section)
Transition Power Maintenance Shelter Status
1998 Depot Level Preventive Maintenance Inspections
Volume 1, Issue 4 October, 1997 (PDF, 115 Kb)
Recoating The Radomes
Comparing Rawinsonde and WSR-88D Wind Profiles
Resolving Archive Level II Failures
WSR-88D Graphical User Interface
Where are your spare parts and do they work???
EMI Filter
WSR-88D Operation Tips
From OTB: Rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated!
WSR-88D Technical Manuals on CD-ROM
DELTA SYSCAL = DATA QUALITY?
Volume 1, Issue 3 March, 1997 (PDF, 154 Kb)
RPG Build 9.1 Information
Mesocyclone and TVS Adaptable Parameters
VCPs: CHange vs DOwnload
Training Mode
Operations Tips
WSR-88D Operations Library
Baselining your System
Volume 1, Issue 2 November, 1996 (PDF, 154 Kb)
Update on Tales from the Hotline
Field Sites Change Algorithm Adaptable Parameters
WSR-88D Depot Level PMI
Audiographics: What's it all about?
Operations Tips
Real-Time Wideband Access
Volume 1, Issue 1 May, 1996 (PDF, 114 Kb)
Return of WSR-88D Tales from the Hotline
New Initiatives at the Operations Training Branch
Receiver Front-End EMI Filter
Receiver/Signal Processor Calibration
TPMS - What is it?
Operations Tips
