Datastream : SWACRHSRHI

S-WACR Horizon-to-horizon Range-Height Indicator scan

Active Dates
2010.04.28 - 2011.04.25

Measurement Categories
Cloud Properties

Originating Instrument
W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, mounted to scan (SWACR)

Measurements

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Measurement	Units	Variable
Current pedestal azimuth position relative to North	degrees	Azimuth_current ( time )
Rate of pedestal motion in the azimuth	degrees/sec	Azimuth_scan_rate ( time )
Current pedestal elevation position	degrees	Elevation_current ( time )
Rate of pedestal motion in the elevation	degrees/sec	Elevation_scan_rate ( time )
Radar Doppler Mean Doppler Velocity	m/s	MeanDopplerVelocity ( time, range_gates )
Calculated Noise	dB	Noise ( time )
Pedestal operation mode	unitless	Pedestal_op_mode ( time )
Polarization mode. 0 = copol, 1 = xpol	unitless	Polarization ( time )
Radar reflectivity Reflectivity	dBZ	Reflectivity ( time, range_gates )
Signal to noise ratio	dB	SignalToNoiseRatio ( time, range_gates )
Radar Doppler Spectral Width	m/s	SpectralWidth ( time, range_gates )
Altitude above mean sea level	m	alt
Base time in Epoch	seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00	base_time
North latitude	degree_N	lat
East longitude	degree_E	lon
Quality check results on field: Mean Doppler Velocity	unitless	qc_MeanDopplerVelocity ( time, range_gates )
Quality check results on field: Reflectivity	unitless	qc_Reflectivity ( time, range_gates )
Quality check results on field: Time offset from midnight	unitless	qc_time ( time )
Range Gates (center of radar sample volume)	m	range ( range_gates )
Number of ray profiles in sweep	unitless	sweep_length ( sweep )
Start index of each sweep	unitless	sweep_start_index ( sweep )
Antenna sweep motion	unitless	sweep_type ( sweep )
Time offset from midnight		time ( time )
Time offset from base_time		time_offset ( time )