Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (SAPR) Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD)

Collis, Scott; Hemedinger, Jason

doi:10.5439/1490987

Title: Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (SAPR) Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD)

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Abstract

The Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD, historical term) product contains retrievals of the zonal (north/south) and meridional (east/west) wind speed components, in precipitating systems, as a function of time and height. This product, which uses azimuthal variations in radial air velocity, allows quick insight into wind speed and wind direction in the vicinity of the radar when rainfall or snowfall is present. VAD data are derived from Corrected Moments in Antenna Coordinates Version 2 (CMAC2) using code within the Python ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART), an open-source architecture for interacting with radar data in the Python programming language.

Authors:

Collis, Scott; Hemedinger, Jason

ORNL

Publication Date:: Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Research Org.:: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Collaborations:: PNNL, BNL, ANL, ORNL

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Horizontal wind, ARM, DOE.

OSTI Identifier:: 1490987

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5439/1490987

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                    Collis, Scott, and Hemedinger, Jason. Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (SAPR) Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD).  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Collis, Scott, & Hemedinger, Jason. Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (SAPR) Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD).  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/1490987

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                    Collis, Scott, and Hemedinger, Jason. 2017.  
"Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (SAPR) Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD)".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/1490987.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1490987. Pub date:Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

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  title        = {Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (SAPR) Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD)},

  author       = {Collis, Scott and Hemedinger, Jason},

  abstractNote = {The Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD, historical term) product contains retrievals of the zonal (north/south) and meridional (east/west) wind speed components, in precipitating systems, as a function of time and height. This product, which uses azimuthal variations in radial air velocity, allows quick insight into wind speed and wind direction in the vicinity of the radar when rainfall or snowfall is present.  VAD data are derived from Corrected Moments in Antenna Coordinates Version 2 (CMAC2) using code within the Python ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART), an open-source architecture for interacting with radar data in the Python programming language. },

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