S-PolKa Parameters 2004-2007

Within DORADE or Universal Format Data sets:

S-Pol (or S-PolKa) is capable of producing a large number of parameters. The complement of parameters will vary with each deployment, depending upon the desires of the Principal Investigator, or the data requestor. A fairly comprehensive list of variables is provided, below, for both a DORADE or a UF data set. Parameters are identified as belonging to the S-band or Ka-band subsystem.

Note that there can be some ambiguity in the Ka variable names, depending upon whether the Ka used simultaneous H/V transmit, or just a single polarization upon transmit. For RICO, the Ka band performed simultaneous H and V transmit, with separate receivers for the H and V return power. Also, UF variable names have not been established for the Ka variables (the table notes these as "unk").

The approximate period of validity for this table is 2004 through 2008. The table does not include names as used in the TiMREX netCDF data set.

S-band is 2809 MHz, 10.68 cm
Ka-band is approx 8.6 mm
Present in DORADE
Name		 UF
Name		 Units Parameter Description
S-band Ka-band
Note: the complement of possible parameters will vary by project and processor code version.
 
X   CDBZ CD dBZ S-band coherent reflectivity
X   DBZ DB or DZ dBZ S-band reflectivity
X   DL DL dBm S-band Vertical received power (co-polar: V-tx, V-rec)
X   DM DM dBm S-band Horizontal received power (co-polar: H-tx, H-rec)
X   DW DW dBm S-band cross-polar received power (V-tx, H-rec or HV)
X   DX DX dBm S-band cross-polar received power (H-tx, V-rec or VH)
X   DY DY dBZ S-band co-polar reflectivity (V-tx, V-rec or VV)
X   LDR LD dB S-band depolarization ratio (H-tx, V-rec, or VH)
X   LVDR LV dB S-band depolarization ratio (V-tx, H-rec, or HV)
  X LDR_VH_K unk dB Ka-band depolarization ratio (H-tx, V-rec, or VH) (N/A RICO)
(special note: H-polarization for Ka is often tipped up to 22 degrees off of horizontal in LDR mode)
X   NCP NC none S-band normalized coherent power (HH)
  X NCP_HH_K unk none Ka-band normalized coherent power (HH)
X   PHIDP PH deg S-band differential phase
  X P_HH_K unk dBm Ka-band co-polar received power (H-tx, H-rec or HH)
  X P_VV_K unk dBm Ka-band co-polar received power (V-tx, V-rec)
X   RHOHV RH none S-band Correlation coefficient between HH, VV
  X RHO_VH_K unk none Ka-band Correlation coefficient between HH, VV
X   SW SW m/s S-band co-polar spectrum width (computed from both SW_HH and SW_VV)
  X SW_HH_K unk m/s Ka-band co-polar spectrum width (HH)
  X TH_VH_K unk deg Ka-band differential phase (PHIDP of Ka) (not yet evaluated for utility)
X   VR VR m/s S-band co-polar radial velocity (computed from both V_HH and V_VV using the CSU algorithms)
  X V_HH_K unk m/s Ka-band co-polar radial velocity (HH)
X   ZDR ZD dB S-band differential reflectivity (DBZ_HH - DBZ_VV)
  X ZDR_VH_K unk dB Ka-band differential reflectivity (DBZ_HH - DBZ_VV)
  X ZG0_HH_K unk dBZ Ka-band co-polar HH reflectivity, corrected using gate-zero transmit power.
  X Z_HH_K unk dB Ka-band co-polar reflectivity (HH)
X   NIQ NI dB Average magnitude of backscatter pwr (HH)
X   AIQ AI deg Average phase of backscattered power (HH)
AIQ is used in the Fabry refractive index work for the determination of virtual temp
X   CH CH none Magnitude of cross correlation, HH and VH
X   AH AH deg Angle of the cross correlation, HH and VH
X   CV CV none Magnitude of cross correlation, VV and HV
X   AV AV deg Angle of the cross correlation, VV and HV
X   KDP KD deg/km Specific diff propagation phase (HH, VV)

Created: Mon Feb 6 11:18:05 MST 2006

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