Datastream : WACRSPECCMASKCOPOL
W-band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, filtered spectral data, co-polarized mode
Active Dates
2006.03.24 - 2012.12.31
Measurement Categories
Cloud Properties
Originating Instrument
W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar (WACR)
Measurements
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Measurement | Units | Variable |
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Locator Mask for Spectra | unitless | LocatorMask ( time, heights ) |
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 ) |
Reflectivity | dBZ | Reflectivity ( time, heights ) |
Signal-to-noise ratio | dB | SignalToNoiseRatio ( time, heights ) |
Spectra | counts | Spectra ( numspectra, speclength ) |
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 ) |
Locations
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (FKB)
- Black Forest, Germany (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (GRW)
- Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (HFE)
- Shouxian, Anhui, China (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (NIM)
- Niamey, Niger (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PVC)
- Highland Center, Cape Cod MA; AMF 1 (M1)
Contact(s)
Kevin Widener
(509) 528-9565
kevin.widener@pnnl.gov
Nitin Bharadwaj
associate
(509) 372-4267
nitin@pnnl.gov
Dan Nelson
associate
(509) 375-3868
danny.nelson@pnnl.gov
Iosif (Andrei) Lindenmaier
associate
(509) 375--6802
iosif.lindenmaier@pnnl.gov
Karen Johnson
data analysis
(631) 344-5952
kjohnson@bnl.gov