Radar reflectivity
Measurement Categories: Cloud Properties
Description: A measure of the efficiency of a radar target intercepting and returning radio energy. It depends upon the size, shape, aspect, and dialectic properties of that target.
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Instruments that produce the measurement
The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- ARM Instruments
- External Instruments
- Field Campaign Instruments
- 94 GHz, W-band Airborne Cloud Radar (MMCR94-AIR)
- Airborne Cloud Radar - JPL (ACR-JPL)
- Airborne L-band Microwave Radiometer and Radar (LMWRR-AIR)
- Disdrometer (DISDROMETER)
- JAMSTEC Research Vessel Mirai (MIRAI)
- Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar (MMCR)
- NASA N-POL Polarimetric Radar System (NPOL)
- NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown (RONBROWN)
- NOAA S-band (2835 Mhz) Profiler (S-BAND-PROFILER)
- Nauru Island guest instruments (ISLAND-GUEST-INSTRUMENTS)
- Penn State 94GHz MMCR (MMCR94PSU)
- University of Massachusetts Cloud Profiling Radar System (UMASSCPRS)
- University of Miami 94GHz MMCR (MMCR94MIAMI)
Value-Added Products (VAPs) including the measurement
- (ARSCL) Active Remotely-Sensed Cloud Locations Process
- arscl1cloth - ARSCL: multiple outputs from first Clothiaux algorithms on BLC, MPL, MMCR
- mmcrmode01v0011cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (11/96 -12/96)
- mmcrmode01v0021cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (2/97)
- mmcrmode01v0031cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (3/97)
- mmcrmode01v0041cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (4/97-9/97)
- mmcrmode01v0051cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (12/96-2/97)
- mmcrmode01v0061cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (9/97-3/04)
- mmcrmode01v0071cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (11/98-9/02)
- mmcrmode01v0091cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (3/98-4/04)
- mmcrmode01v0101cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments (7/99-11/04)
- mmcrmode02v0011cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (11/96-2/97)
- mmcrmode02v0021cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (2/97-3/07)
- mmcrmode02v0031cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (3/97-3/04)
- mmcrmode02v0041cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (11/98-9/02)
- mmcrmode02v0061cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (3/98-4/04)
- mmcrmode02v0071cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (7/99-11/04)
- mmcrmode03v0011cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (2/97)
- mmcrmode03v0021cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (2/97-3/97)
- mmcrmode03v0031cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (3/97)
- mmcrmode03v0041cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (4/97-3/04)
- mmcrmode03v0051cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (11/98-9/02)
- mmcrmode03v0081cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (3/98-4/04)
- mmcrmode03v0091cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (7/99-11/04)
- mmcrmode04v0011cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("robust mode") moments (11/96-3/97)
- mmcrmode04v0021cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("robust mode") moments (4/97-9/97)
- mmcrmode04v0031cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("robust mode") moments (9/97-3/04)
- mmcrmode04v0041cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("robust mode") moments (11/98-11/04)
- mmcrmode04v0061cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("robust mode") moments 3/98-4/04)
- mmcrmode05v0011cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 5 (experimental mode) moments (11/96)
- mmcrmode1bl200408121cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("boundary layer mode") moments (8/04-5/05)
- mmcrmode1bl200511041cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("boundary layer mode") moments (since 11/2005)
- mmcrmode1bl200606161cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("boundary layer mode") moments (version 6/2006)
- mmcrmode1bl200608121cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("boundary layer mode") moments (version 11/2006)
- mmcrmode1st200309091cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("status mode") moments
- mmcrmode1st200404151cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 ("stratus mode") moments, 20040415 version
- mmcrmode2ci200309091cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments
- mmcrmode2ci200404141cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments, 20040415 version
- mmcrmode2ci200408121cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (8/04-5/05)
- mmcrmode2ci200511041cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (since 11/2005)
- mmcrmode2ci200606161cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (version 6/2006)
- mmcrmode2ci200608161cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 ("cirrus mode") moments (version 11/2006)
- mmcrmode3ge200309091cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments
- mmcrmode3ge200404141cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments, 20040415 version
- mmcrmode3ge200408121cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (8/04-5/05)
- mmcrmode3ge200511041cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (since 11/2005)
- mmcrmode3ge200606161cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (version 6/2006)
- mmcrmode3ge200608161cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 ("general mode") moments (version 11/2006)
- mmcrmode4pr200408121cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("precipitation mode") moments (8/04-5/05)
- mmcrmode4pr200511041cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("precipitation mode") moments (since 11/2005)
- mmcrmode4pr200606161cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("precipitation mode") moments (version 6/2006)
- mmcrmode4pr200608161cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("precipitation mode") moments (version 11/2006)
- mmcrmode4ro200309091cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("robust mode") moments
- mmcrmode4ro200404141cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 ("robust mode") moments, 20040415 version
- mmcrmode5p0200408121cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 5 ("co-polarized mode") moments
- mmcrmode6p1200408121cloth - ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 6 ("cross-polarized mode") moments
- rhbarscl1cloth - ARSCL: multiple outputs from first Clothiaux algorithms, Ron Brown ship, Nauru
- (MPL) Micropulse Lidar Process
- arscl1cloth - ARSCL: multiple outputs from first Clothiaux algorithms on BLC, MPL, MMCR
Datastreams including the measurement
- cpoldar - BOM C-Band Polarimetric Radar Data from Darwin
- disdrometer - Disdrometer: measures rain drop size distribution
- mmcrcal - Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar (MMCR): calibration data
- mmcrmom - Millimeter Wave Cloud Radar (MMCR), replaces mmcrcal and mmcrmoments datastreams following C-40 processor upgrade of 2003.09.09
- mmcrspeccmaskbl - Millimeter Wave Cloud Radar (MMCR), filtered spectral data, boundary layer mode
- mmcrspeccmaskci - Millimeter Wave Cloud Radar (MMCR), filtered spectral data, cirrus mode
- mmcrspeccmaskge - Millimeter Wave Cloud Radar (MMCR), filtered spectral data, general mode
- wacr - W-band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar