Introduction

• About DYNAMO and S-PolKa
• S-PolKa Participants
• S-PolKa Overview

Project Location and the Site

• Geographic location
• Beam blockage

S-PolKa Data Sets

• S-PolKa Final merged data set
• Parameters available (final data set)
• Periods of operation and Known Outages
• Periods of special data collection
• WebCam data set
• Radar rain rates
• Radar Display Image Browser (SUR)
• Radar Display Image Browser (RHI)
• TOGA Radar Display Image Browser
• Hydrometeor ID Volumetric analysis/rate of change

Data Quality and Systems Calibration

• Changes made during processing
• SMART-R / S-PolKa Comparisons
• SMART-R Off-Level and Elevation Bias
• Post-field changes to Particle ID
• S/Ka comparisons
• Self-consistent S-band calibration (PHI-cal)
• Vertical pointing for Zdr bias determination
• S and Ka systems sensitivity
• LDR sensitivity (raw info)
• Monitoring of scanning accuracy
• Data transfer and recording auditing
• Some relevant radar signatures (PDF; Hubbert)
• Field Log Book (PDF)

Links

• EOL DYNAMO Project Home Page
• DYNAMO Field Catalog
• Project Scientist Reports and Status (Field Catalog)

Data Access

• DYNAMO Data Policy and Restrictions
• S-PolKa Final merged data set
• WebCam images
• Master List of all DYNAMO Data Sets
• Software for using S-PolKa data

S-PolKa Documents and References

• Radar system description
• CfRadial and DORADE format descriptions
• Supplemental NCAR Radar Format and Translation documentation

S-PolKa DYNAMO Contacts

Principal Investigators

    Robert Houze, Univ of Washington

    Deanna Hence, Univ of Washington

    Chidong Zhang, University of Miami

Data

     Ulrike Romatschke