Radar Discussion Report

•Review of radar systems •Locations of radars at supersite•Scanning strategies•Data formats and displays•Real time data transmission•Staffing•Questions for ARM/AMIE•Products and relation to modeling—discussion deferred

DYNAMO Planning Meeting, Seattle, 7 July 2010

Houze, Ellis, Schumacher, Medina, Rutledge, Moore, Brodzik, Yuan

HUMIDITY

DUAL WAVELENGTH

•SPolKa (NCAR) S & Ka band

MM-WAVELENGTH•ARM mm radar•ARM Ka band•SPolKa Ka band

MM-WAVELENGTH•ARM mm radar•ARM Ka band•SpolKa Ka band

Review of Radars at Supersite

Polarimetric Microphysics•SPolKa•ARM X band

Doppler Air motions•SMART-R C-band•SPolKa•ARM X & Ka•NOAA S-band?

CM-WAVELENGTHPrecipitation•SMART-R C-band•SPolKa S-band•ARM/AMIE X-band•NOAA S-band?•NOAA Distrometer?

MM-WAVELENGTH•Vertically pointing mm-wavelength

MM-WAVELENGTH•Vertically pointing mm-wavelength

Ship Radars

Doppler Air motions•C-band scanning

CM-WAVELENGTHPrecipitation•C-band scanning

Where the radars will be located

SMART-R

Addu Atoll

SPolKa/SACR?

AMF2(MMCR?)/SPROF?

5 km

Scanning Strategies

•Need to coordinate C-band radar scans at ships with SMART-R

•SPolKa strategy•Shallow convection—horizontal •Deep convection—vertical & horizontal combined•Decision making—will involve radar scientist to decide when to switch (issue to resolve)

Data formats and displays

•For radar geeks only—See detailed meeting notes of Socorro Medina

Real time data transmission

•Will need SMART-R and ARM data at SPolKa site

•If aircraft is involved more data transmission questions will arise

•NCAR, UW, A&M, and ARM engineers will need to coordinate about these issues

Staffing at Gan•Technical staff

•NCAR 2 technicians at all times, 2 student* helpers throughout the project are desirable

•ARM 1-2 tech staff at all times, ~2 local or student* helpers—must be employed by DOE

•Scientists from UW, A&M, NCAR (includes students)•UW 1-2 people at any time (Houze, Brodzik, Medina, Rasmussen)

•A&M 1 PI and/or engineer at beginning for setup, 2 students* at all times thereafter

•NCAR 2 (scientists), 0-1 DYNAMO radar scientist** at all times•Student summary

•NCAR—2 students* for humidity calculations; 2 students* for other technical assistance

•A&M—2 students* for operating SMART-R•UW—1 UW student for UW science activity•ARM--TBD

*Could be from UW, A&M, CSU or other university**Could be student or staff from UW, A&M, or CSU

Questions for ARM

•Radar locations•Staffing needs•Data transmission to SPolKa site•Other?