MAPR - Specs | |
| Contact Person: |
Stephen Cohn or William Brown NCAR / ATD PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307 - 3000 Tel: 303 497 8826 or 303 497 8774, Fax: 303 497 8770 cohn at ucar.edu or wbrown at ucar.edu |
| URL | http://www.atd.ucar.edu/rtf/facilities/mapr/ |
| Frequency | 915 MHz (33 cm) |
| Transmitter | 3.5kW peak, 400W average |
| Receivers | 4 PIRAQ II data cards |
| Range | Typically to 4 km in warm, humid clear-air conditions 2 km in cold, dry clear-air conditions Sees right through depth of precip (say up to 10 km) |
| Resolution | 50, 100, 200 meters FDI RIM available for 10m scale resolution |
| Platform | Ground based - 20' container hauled by truck Can be operated at sea with stabilized platform |
| Measurement |
Rapid (1 minute) wind measurements using spaced antenna techniques, Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, Turbulence Intensity, RASS temperature profiling |
| Data Recording |
Raw data: netCDF on DVD or RAID disk (5-20 GB/day) Wind products and images near real-time on Web |
| Operational Limitations: | Low clutter environment preferred |
| Applications: |
High time resolution measurements of wind in the boundary layer Turbulence and Precipitation studies Particularly suited for rapidly evolving events, e.g., fronts & squalls Flux measurements under development |