Datastream : KAZRSPECCMASKCICOPOL
Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR): filtered spectral data, cirrus mode, co-polarized mode
Active Dates
2011.01.20 - 2012.09.11
Measurement Categories
Atmospheric State, Cloud Properties
Originating Instrument
Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR)
Measurements
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Measurement | Units | Variable |
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Base time in Epoch | seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00 | base_time |
Locator Mask for Spectra | unitless | locator_mask ( time, range ) |
Mean Doppler Velocity | m/s | mean_doppler_velocity ( time, range ) |
Range (center of radar sample volume) | m | range ( range ) |
Reflectivity | dBZ | reflectivity ( time, range ) |
Signal-to-noise ratio | dB | signal_to_noise_ratio ( time, range ) |
Spectra | 10 * log(signal power in milliwatts) | spectra ( numspectra, speclength ) |
Spectral Width | m/s | spectral_width ( time, range ) |
Time offset from midnight | time ( time ) | |
Time offset from base_time | time_offset ( time ) | |
Spectral velocity bins | m/s | velocity_bins ( speclength ) |
Locations
- North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
- Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
- Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3)
- ARM Mobile Facility (GAN)
- Gan Airport, Gan Island, Maldives (M1)
Contact(s)
Nitin Bharadwaj
(509) 372-4267
nitin@pnnl.gov
Kevin Widener
(509) 528-9565
kevin.widener@pnnl.gov
Karen Johnson
data analysis
(631) 344-5952
kjohnson@bnl.gov