National Weather Service
Professional Development Series
Professional Competency Unit

WSR-88D (NEXRAD) Maintenance

PCU 1: System Architecture/Operations

Producer: to be named

Description of Job Duty Competency to be Achieved

Needs understanding of NEXRAD system architecture to better diagnose system problems in order to perform required preventative and corrective maintenance actions.

Description of Need

To be defined

Specific Job Task Skills and Knowledge

1. Knobology/system overview.

2. Knowledge of interface to AWIPS.

3. Knowledge of communications architecture.

4. Knowledge of grounding system/lightning protection and lightning strike recovery.

Instructional Components

Instructional Component 1.1: To be determined

Proposed Evaluation