evalua;on of sacr advance velocity-azimuth display (sacr
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SACR-ADV-VADDopplerLidar(DL)
SACR-ADV-VADDopplerLidar(DL)DopplerLidar(DL) SACR-ADV-VAD
SACR-ADV-VADDopplerLidar(DL)
DataProduct
TimeResolu;on
HeightResolu;on
MaximumHeight
Condi;ons CurrentProductAvailability
SACR-ADV-VAD ~0.5hour 50m 15km Cloud/precipita;onscaLerers
Limitedandinevalua;on:ENA:201612–201702OLI:201612–201702SGP:201208PVC:201209TMP:201408
Sonde 6–12hour,sitedependent
~5–12m ~25km Nearlyall Rou;neatcentralfacility
InterpolatedSonde(IS)
1min 20m;coarserabove~3.5km
~25km Nearlyall Rou;neatcentralfacili;es,orsoon-to-be
RadarWindProfiler(RWP)
10min 62.5m ~1.6–2.2km Nearlyall
Limitedandinevalua;on:ENA:201505–201509,201605–201609SGP+BoundaryFacili;es:201505–201509,201605–201609
DopplerLidar(DL) 0.25–1hour 26m ~1.5–2.0km Nearlyall Rou;neatcentralfacility&boundaryfacili;es
TamiToto1,KarenJohnson1,Ka;aLamer2,ScoLGiangrande1,PavlosKollias31BrookhavenNa-onalLaboratory,2PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,3StonyBrookUniversity
Evalua;onofSACRADVanceVelocity-AzimuthDisplay(SACR-ADV-VAD)Value-AddedProduct
KASACR
Here,theVADtechniqueisappliedtotheKa-BandmillimeterwavelengthScanningARMCloudRadar(KASACR) in the SACR ADVance Velocity-AzimuthDisplay (SACR-ADV-VAD) Value-Added Product(VAP).TheVAPcomplementsinfrequentsoundingsbyprovidingprofilesofhorizontalwindspeedanddirecKon in-cloud every Kme the SACR operatesthe Hemispherical Sky Range-Height Indicator(HSRHI)scanstrategy.
Kollias,P.,N.Bharadwaj,K.Widener,I.Jo,andK.Johnson,2014:ScanningARMCloudRadars.PartI:OperaKonalSamplingStrategies.J.Atmos.OceanicTechnol.,31,569–582,doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00044.1.
1.Evalua;onExample#1:SouthernGreatPlains(SGP)August4,2012 2.Evalua;onExample#2:EasternNorthAtlan;c(ENA)January16,2017
TheVelocityAzimuthDisplay(VAD)techniquehashistoricallybeenusedtoretrieveverKcalprofilesofthewindusingweatherradars (LhermibeandAtlas,1961).ScanningradarmeanDopplervelocityobservaKonsataconstantrangearecombinedtoesKmatewindspeedanddirecKonataparKcularheightabovetheradarlocaKon.
Abstract
WindSpeed
WindDirec;on
WindSpeed
WindDirec;on
InterpolatedSonde(IS)VAP SACR-ADV-VAD InterpolatedSonde(IS)VAP SACR-ADV-VAD
ISWindSpeed(m/s) ISWindSpeed(m/s)(SoundingTimes)
VADWindSpeed(m
/s)
DLWindSpeed(m/s)
VADWindSpeed(m
/s)
4.OtherCodeSprintSACR-ADVProductsSACR-ADV-QVP(Quasi-ver;calprofile) SACR-ADV-3D3C(3Dgridded&domaincloudfrac;on)
InterpolatedSonde(IS)VAP SACR-ADV-VAD InterpolatedSonde(IS)VAP SACR-ADV-VAD
VADWindSpeed(m
/s)
VADWindSpeed(m
/s)
ISWindSpeed(m/s)(SoundingTimes)
ISWindSpeed(m/s)
DLWindSpeed(m/s)
VADWindDirec;on
(deg)
ISWindDirec;on(deg)(SoundingTimes)
ISWindDirec;on(deg)
DLWindDirec;on(deg)
VADWindDirec;on
(deg)
VADWindDirec;on
(deg)
ISWindDirec;on(deg)(SoundingTimes)
ISWindDirec;on(deg)
DLWindDirec;on(deg)
VADWindDirec;on
(deg)
Lhermibe,RM,andDAAtlas.1961,"PrecipitaKonmoKonbypulseDopplerradar."Proc.9thWeatherRadarConf.,Boston,AmericanMeteorologicalSociety,Boston,Mass.,498-503.
Kollias,2014
QVPs of reflecKvity, differenKal reflecKvity, specificdifferenKalphase,correlaKoncoefficient,spectrumwidthandlineardepolarizaKonraKo
Reflec;vity,OLI,20160524
3.SummaryEvalua;onPlots:SGPAugust2012
Dataavailability:OLI:20160328-20160909
Tradi;onallyappliedtoplanposi;onindicator(PPI)scan
Here,appliedtoHSRHIscan
Browning&Wexler1968
Browning,K.;Wexler,R.ThedeterminaKonofkinemaKcproperKesofawindfieldusingDopplerradar.J.Appl.Meteorol.1968,7,105–113.
VADWindDirec;on
(deg)
VADWindDirec;on
(deg)
VADWindSpeed(m
/s)
VADWindSpeed(m
/s)
ISWindSpeed(m/s)(SoundingTimes)
ISWindDirec;on(deg)(SoundingTimes)
ISWindSpeed(m/s) ISWindDirec;on(deg)
VADvs.IS VADvs.ISatSoundingTimes
MaskedtomatchSACR-ADV-VADNoMask
MaskedtomatchSACR-ADV-VADNoMask
MaskedtomatchSACR-ADV-VADNoMask
MaskedtomatchSACR-ADV-VADNoMask
Sounding;mes
WindSpeed(m
/s)
WindSpeed(m
/s)
WindDirec;on
(deg)
WindDirec;on
(deg)
WindDirec;on
(deg)
WindDirec;on
(deg)
WindSpeed(m
/s)
WindSpeed(m
/s)
Sounding;mes
Sounding;mes Sounding;mes
• GriddedreflecKvity• GriddedmeanDopplervelocity• Griddedspectrumwidth
• CloudfracKon• CFADs