Measurement : Radar Doppler

The power spectrum and moments of the radar signal expressed as a function of Doppler frequency or Doppler velocity. It may be thought of as the reflectivity weighted radial velocity distribution of the scatterers in a distributed target.

Categories
Cloud Properties

Instruments

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
    • CSAPR : C-Band ARM Precipitation Radar
    • KAZR : Ka ARM Zenith Radar
    • MMCR : Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar
    • RWP : Radar Wind Profiler
    • 50RWP : Radar Wind Profiler (50 MHz)
    • WACR : W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar
    • SWACR : W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, mounted to scan
    • XSAPR : X-Band Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar
  • External Instruments
    • WPDN : Wind Profiler Demo Network
  • Field Campaign Instruments
    • MIRAI : JAMSTEC Research Vessel Mirai
    • MMCR : Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar
    • RONBROWN : NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown
    • S-BAND-PROFILER : NOAA S-band (2835 Mhz) Profiler
    • NAWX : NRC Airborne W and X Band Radar
    • ISLAND-GUEST-INSTRUMENTS : Nauru Island guest instruments
    • PARSL : PNNL's Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory
    • MMCR94PSU : Penn State 94GHz MMCR
    • RWP : Radar Wind Profiler
    • 50RWP : Radar Wind Profiler (50 MHz)
    • UMASSCPRS : University of Massachusetts Cloud Profiling Radar System
    • MMCR94MIAMI : University of Miami 94GHz MMCR
    • WSR-88D : Weather Surveillance Radar

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Datastreams

  • CSAPR : C-Band ARM Precipitation Radar Datastreams
    • CSAPRSUR : C-SAPR Surveillance scan
    • CSAPRRHI : C-SAPR Range Height Indicator scan
    • CSAPRSEC : C Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (CSAPR), SEC ???
    • CSAPRVERT : C Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (CSAPR), vertical scan
  • KAZR : Ka ARM Zenith Radar Datastreams
    • KAZRCI : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): cirrus mode
    • KAZRGE : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): general mode
    • KAZRBL : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): boundary layer mode
    • KAZRSPECCMASKCICOPOL : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): filtered spectral data, cirrus mode, co-polarized mode
    • KAZRSPECCMASKGECOPOL : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): filtered spectral data, general mode, co-polarized mode
    • KAZRSPECCMASKCIXPOL : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): filtered spectral data, cirrus mode, cross-polarized mode
    • KAZRSPECCMASKGEXPOL : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): filtered spectral data, general mode, cross-polarized mode
    • KAZRSPECCMASKBLCOPOL : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): filtered spectral data, Boundary Layer mode, co-polarized mode
    • KAZRSPECCMASKBLXPOL : Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): filtered spectral data, Boundary Layer mode, cross-polarized mode
  • WACR : W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar Datastreams
    • WACR : W-band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar
    • WACRSPECMOM : W-band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, spectral data
    • WACRSPECCMASKCOPOL : W-band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, filtered spectral data, co-polarized mode
    • WACRSPECCMASKXPOL : W-band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, filtered spectral data, cross-polarized mode
  • XSAPR : X-Band Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar Datastreams
    • XSAPRSUR : X-SAPR Surveillance scan
    • XSAPRPPI : X-SAPR Plan Position Indicator scan
    • XSAPRVAD : X-SAPR Velocity-Azimuth Display scan
    • XSAPRHSRHI : X-SAPR Horizon-to-horizon Range-Height Indicator scan
  • SWACR : W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, mounted to scan Datastreams
    • SWACRFPT : S-WACR - Fixed PoinTing mode
    • SWACRVPT : S-WACR Vertical PoinTing scan
    • SWACRCAL : S-WACR calibration information
    • SWACRPPI : S-WACR Plan Position Indicator scan
    • SWACRVAD : S-WACR Velocity-Azimuth Display scan
    • SWACRCWRHI : S-WACR Cross-Wind Range-Height Indicator scan
    • SWACRBLRHI : S-WACR Boundary-layer Range-Height Indicator scan
    • SWACRHSRHI : S-WACR Horizon-to-horizon Range-Height Indicator scan
    • SWACRSPECCMASKXPOL : S-WACR filtered spectral data, cross-polarized mode
    • SWACRSPECCMASKCOPOL : S-WACR ARM Cloud Radar, filtered spectral data, co-polarized mode
  • RWP : Radar Wind Profiler Datastreams
    • 915RWPWINDMOM : 915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP915): wind moments
    • 915RWPPRECIPMOM : 915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler, precipitation moments data
    • 1290RWPWINDMOM : 1290-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP1290): wind moments
    • 915RWPTEMPMOM : 915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP915): temperature moments
  • WPDN : Wind Profiler Demo Network Datastreams
    • 06WPDNMMTS : Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): 6-min wind moments
  • 50RWP : Radar Wind Profiler (50 MHz) Datastreams
    • 50RWPWINDMOM : 50-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP50): wind moments
    • 50RWPTEMPMOM : 50-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RSP50): temperature moments
  • MMCR : Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar Datastreams
    • MMCRSPECTRA : Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar (MMCR): spectral data
    • MMCRSPECCMASKCI : Millimeter Wave Cloud Radar (MMCR), filtered spectral data, cirrus mode
    • MMCRSPECCMASKGE : Millimeter Wave Cloud Radar (MMCR), filtered spectral data, general mode
    • MMCRSPECCMASKBL : Millimeter Wave Cloud Radar (MMCR), filtered spectral data, boundary layer mode