NOAA PSL Snow-level Radar FMCW Moments KettlePonds for SPLASH
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Raw Output Files
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Data Format for Radar FMCW Moments at BCK and KPS locations
Note: Neither the FMCW radar at BCK (BrushCreek) nor KPS (KettlePonds) locations were calibrated. This means that the radar reflectivity derived from these systems can not be compared directly with the reflectivity factor (dBZ) from the NWS NEXRAD radar (e.g., near Grand Junction). In addition, the reflectivity-related variables (like signal power and radar signal-to-noise ratio) from each FMCW system will not be equivalent when sensing the same atmospheric backscattered reflectivity.
Header line 1 (space delimited fields from left to right):
Three-letter site identifier
Site latitude (degrees x 100)
Site longitude (degrees x 100)
Site altitude (m)
Operating frequency (Gigahertz x 10^5)
Header line 2 (space delimited fields from left to right):
Beam index
Azimuth angle (degrees)
Elevation angle (degrees)
Last two-digits of year (start time of dwell)
Day of year (start time of dwell)
Hour of day (start time of dwell)
Minute (start time of dwell)
Second (start time of dwell)
Header line 3 (space delimited fields from left to right):
Inter-pulse period (microseconds)
Pulse width (nanoseconds)
Range to first range gate (m)
Distance between range gates (m)
Number of ranges gates
Number of coherent integrations
Number of averaged spectra
Number of Fast-Fourier-Transform points
Number of code bits
Data (space delimited columns from left to right for N rows, where
the first (Nth) row corresponds to the first (Nth) range gate):
Radial velocity (m/s)
Signal-to-noise ratio (dB) - not range corrected
Signal power (dB) - not range corrected
Spectral width (m/s)
Noise amplitude (dB)
QC value - not applicable (all zeros)
Repeat Header lines 2-3 and Data for each succeeding radar dwell
Year-Day-Hour
Start: 21-272-17
End: 23-249-15
Missing data for KpsFmcwRaw
Year-Day-Hour (# of files)
21-272-18 to 21-273-18 (25)
21-278-22 to 21-279-114 (17)
21-288-11 to 21-293-21 (130)
21-293-23 to 21-299-22 (144)
21-358-14-17 (4)
22-07-17 to 22-12-18 (122)
22-14-17 to 22-15-22 (30)
22-16-04 to 22-18-17 (62)
22-38-01-17 (17)
22-69-16 to 22-74-15 (120)
22-89-05 to 22-90-23 (43)
22-93-14 to 22-95-16 (51)
22-96-07-16 (10)
22-140-7 (1)
22-157-20 to 22-201-20 (1056)
22-255-13 to 22-256-17 (29)
22-256-19 to 22-257-15 (21)
22-257-20-23 (4)
22-312-00-23 (24)
22-233-16 to 22-234-19 (28)
22-350-17 to 22-365-23 (367)
23-54-14 to 23-55-21 (32)
23-70-07 to 23-80-18 (252)
23-148-00 to 23-149-23 (48)
Files
KpsFmcwRaw.zip
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