Datastream : WACRSPECCMASKCOPOL

W-band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, filtered spectral data, co-polarized mode

Active Dates
2006.03.24 - 2011.01.06

Measurement Categories
Cloud Properties

Originating Instrument
W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar (WACR)

Measurements

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Measurement	Units	Variable
Locator Mask for Spectra	unitless	LocatorMask ( time, heights )
Radar Doppler Mean Doppler Velocity	m/s	MeanDopplerVelocity ( time, heights )
Calculated Noise	dB	Noise ( time )
Ambient load power	dBm	PowerAmbientLoad ( time )
Hot load power	dBm	PowerHotLoad ( time )
Transmit driver power sampled by receiver	dBm	PowerTransmitDriver ( time )
Radar reflectivity Reflectivity	dBZ	Reflectivity ( time, heights )
Signal-to-noise ratio	dB	SignalToNoiseRatio ( time, heights )
Radar Doppler Spectra	counts	Spectra ( numspectra, speclength )
Radar Doppler Spectral Width	m/s	SpectralWidth ( time, heights )
Antenna bottom temperature	degrees C	Temp_Antenna_Bottom ( time )
Antenna top temperature	degrees C	Temp_Antenna_Top ( time )
Chiller temperature	degrees C	Temp_Chiller ( time )
Chiller return temperature	degrees C	Temp_Chiller_Return ( time )
Chiller supply temperature	degrees C	Temp_Chiller_Supply ( time )
Computer enclosure temperature	degrees C	Temp_Computer_Enclosure ( time )
Extended Interaction Klystron Amplifier temperature	degrees C	Temp_EIKA ( time )
Future temperature	degrees C	Temp_Future ( time )
Hot load physical temperature	degrees C	Temp_Hot ( time )
Low noise amplifier temperature	degrees C	Temp_LNA ( time )
Modulator control temperature	degrees C	Temp_Modulator_Control ( time )
Outside temperature	degrees C	Temp_Outside ( time )
Ambient temperature of radar front end components	degrees C	Temp_ambient ( time )
Modulator temperature	degrees C	Temp_modulator ( time )
Base time in Epoch	seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00	base_time
Range Heights (center of radar sample volume)	m ASL	heights ( heights )
Time offset from base_time		time_offset ( time )
Detected Pulse	Watts	txpower ( time )
Spectral velocity bins	m/s	velocity_bins ( speclength )
status flag	unitless	wacr_status ( time )