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
Value-Added Products
- MMCRMODE : MMCR mode moments, derived by ARSCL process (Process)
- MMCRMODE1ST200309091CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 (status mode) moments
- MMCRMODE2CI200309091CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 (cirrus mode) moments
- MMCRMODE4RO200309091CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 (robust mode) moments
- MMCRMODE3GE200309091CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 (general mode) moments
- MMCRMODE3GE200712011CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 5 (co-polarized mode) moments
- MMCRMODE5P0200408121CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 6 (cross-polarized mode) moments
- MMCRMODE6P1200408121CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 (cirrus mode) moments (8/04-5/05)
- MMCRMODE2CI200408121CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 (general mode) moments (8/04-5/05)
- MMCRMODE3GE200408121CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 (cirrus mode) moments (since 11/2005)
- MMCRMODE2CI200511041CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 (cirrus mode) moments (version 6/2006)
- MMCRMODE2CI200606161CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 (general mode) moments (since 11/2005)
- MMCRMODE3GE200511041CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 (cirrus mode) moments, 20040415 version
- MMCRMODE2CI200404141CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 (cirrus mode) moments (version 11/2006)
- MMCRMODE2CI200608161CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 (cirrus mode) moments, 20071201 version
- MMCRMODE2CI200712011CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 (general mode) moments (version 6/2006)
- MMCRMODE3GE200606161CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 (robust mode) moments, 20040415 version
- MMCRMODE4RO200404141CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 (robust mode) moments, 20071201 version
- MMCRMODE4RO200712011CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 (stratus mode) moments, 20040415 version
- MMCRMODE1ST200404151CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 2 (cirrus mode) moments, 20080418 version
- MMCRMODE2CI200804181CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 (general mode) moments, 20040415 version
- MMCRMODE3GE200404141CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 (general mode) moments (version 11/2006)
- MMCRMODE3GE200608161CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 (precipitation mode) moments (8/04-5/05)
- MMCRMODE4PR200408121CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 (boundary layer mode) moments (8/04-5/05)
- MMCRMODE1BL200408121CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 3 (general mode) moments, 20080418 version
- MMCRMODE3GE200804181CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 (precipitation mode) moments (since 11/2005)
- MMCRMODE4PR200511041CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 (boundary layer mode) moments (since 11/2005)
- MMCRMODE1BL200511041CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 (precipitation mode) moments (version 6/2006)
- MMCRMODE4PR200606161CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 5 (co-polarized mode) moments, 20080418 version
- MMCRMODE5P0200804181CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 (boundary layer mode) moments (version 6/2006)
- MMCRMODE1BL200606161CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 (precipitation mode) moments (version 11/2006)
- MMCRMODE4PR200608161CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 (boundary layer mode) moments (version 11/2006)
- MMCRMODE1BL200608121CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 (boundary layer mode) moments, 20071201 version
- MMCRMODE1BL200712011CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 1 (boundary layer mode) moments, 20080418 version
- MMCRMODE1BL200804181CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 4 (precipitation mode) moments, 20080418 version
- MMCRMODE4PR200804181CLOTH : ARSCL: derived, MMCR Mode 6 (cross-polarized mode) moments, 20080418 version
- MMCRMODE6P1200804181CLOTH :
- ARSCL : Active Remotely-Sensed Cloud Locations (Process)
- RHBARSCL1CLOTH : ARSCL: multiple outputs from first Clothiaux algorithms, Ron Brown ship, Nauru
- ARSCL1CLOTH : ARSCL: multiple outputs from first Clothiaux algorithms on Vaisala or Belfort ceilometers, Micropulse lidar, and MMCR
Datastreams
- CSAPR : C-Band ARM Precipitation Radar Datastreams
- 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