kasacrspeccmaskcross (a0)

Feng, Ya-Chien; Lindenmaier, Iosif; Johnson, Karen; Deng, Min; Castro, Vagner; Matthews, Alyssa; Wendler, Tim; Rocque, Marquette

doi:10.5439/1973057

Title: kasacrspeccmaskcross (a0)

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The Ka-Band Scanning ARM Cloud Radar (KASACR) records cloud properties. ARM's scanning cloud radars are dual-frequency, dual-polarization Doppler radars mounted on a common scanning pedestal. Each pedestal includes a Ka-band radar (2kW peak power) and the deployment location determines whether the second radar is a W-band (1.7 kW peak power) or an X-band (20 kW peak power). Beamwidths for Ka-bands paired with W-bands are roughly matched at 0.3 degrees. The X-band beamwidth is approximately 1 degree. Due to the narrow antenna beamwidth, ARM’s scanning cloud radars use scanning strategies unlike typical weather radars. Rather than focusing on plan position indicator, or PPI, scans, the KASACR uses range height indicator, or RHI, scans at numerous azimuths to obtain cloud volume data. Measurements collected with the KASACR are copolar and cross-polar radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity, spectra width and spectra when not scanning, and linear depolarization ratio. KASACR data from the 2018–2019 Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign in Argentina are now available as b1-level products. Building on the original CACTI operational data, the b1-level products feature improved data quality resulting from extensive analyses and corrections. The data are cross-calibrated to a common point, datastreams are corrected for operational issuesmore »« less

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Feng, Ya-Chien; Lindenmaier, Iosif; Johnson, Karen; Deng, Min; Castro, Vagner; Matthews, Alyssa; Wendler, Tim; Rocque, Marquette

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Publication Date:: Mon May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016

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; Atmospheric turbulence, Radar Doppler, Radar polarization, Radar reflectivity, Vertical velocity

OSTI Identifier:: 1973057

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5439/1973057

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                    Feng, Ya-Chien, Lindenmaier, Iosif, Johnson, Karen, Deng, Min, Castro, Vagner, Matthews, Alyssa, Wendler, Tim, and Rocque, Marquette. kasacrspeccmaskcross (a0).  United States: N. p., 2016. 
        Web.  doi:10.5439/1973057.

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                    Feng, Ya-Chien, Lindenmaier, Iosif, Johnson, Karen, Deng, Min, Castro, Vagner, Matthews, Alyssa, Wendler, Tim, & Rocque, Marquette. kasacrspeccmaskcross (a0).  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/1973057

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                    Feng, Ya-Chien, Lindenmaier, Iosif, Johnson, Karen, Deng, Min, Castro, Vagner, Matthews, Alyssa, Wendler, Tim, and Rocque, Marquette. 2016.  
"kasacrspeccmaskcross (a0)".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/1973057.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1973057. Pub date:Mon May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016

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  title        = {kasacrspeccmaskcross (a0)},

  author       = {Feng, Ya-Chien and Lindenmaier, Iosif and Johnson, Karen and Deng, Min and Castro, Vagner and Matthews, Alyssa and Wendler, Tim and Rocque, Marquette},

  abstractNote = {The Ka-Band Scanning ARM Cloud Radar (KASACR) records cloud properties. ARM's scanning cloud radars are dual-frequency, dual-polarization Doppler radars mounted on a common scanning pedestal. Each pedestal includes a Ka-band radar (2kW peak power) and the deployment location determines whether the second radar is a W-band (1.7 kW peak power) or an X-band (20 kW peak power). Beamwidths for Ka-bands paired with W-bands are roughly matched at 0.3 degrees. The X-band beamwidth is approximately 1 degree. Due to the narrow antenna beamwidth, ARM’s scanning cloud radars use scanning strategies unlike typical weather radars. Rather than focusing on plan position indicator, or PPI, scans, the KASACR uses range height indicator, or RHI, scans at numerous azimuths to obtain cloud volume data. Measurements collected with the KASACR are copolar and cross-polar radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity, spectra width and spectra when not scanning, and linear depolarization ratio. KASACR data from the 2018–2019 Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign in Argentina are now available as b1-level products. Building on the original CACTI operational data, the b1-level products feature improved data quality resulting from extensive analyses and corrections. The data are cross-calibrated to a common point, datastreams are corrected for operational issues that occurred during the campaign, and several data quality masks and basic derived products are incorporated. For more information, read the CACTI radar b1-level processing report.},

  doi          = {10.5439/1973057},

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  year         = {Mon May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

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