rda/rpg build 18.0 trainingrda/rpg build 18.0 overview • vcp changes • rda changes – better...
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WARNING DECISION TRAINING DIVISION (WDTD)
RDA/RPG Build 18.0 Training
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RDA/RPG Build 18.0 Overview
• VCP Changes • RDA Changes
– Better quality dual pol base data • RPG Changes
– HCA tuning to better identify: – Wet snow or graupel in melting layer – Biota and clutter in the cold season
– Tornado Rapid Update (TRU) and Mesocyclone Detection (DMD) use SAILS cuts
• Expanded sets of PRFs
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Modernized VCPs Overview
• Remove: 11, 21, 211, 221
• New General Surveillance VCP (215) – Combines strengths of VCPs 11 and 21 – AVSET, SAILSx1, ~ 6 mins
• New Clear Air VCP (35)
– SAILSx1, VCP 32 sensitivity, ~7.5 mins
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Build 18 VCPs
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Is it raining or heavy
snow sleet falling?
VCP 35 ~7 min SAILS
Convective or Severe Weather Threat?
Special case such as distant tropical
cyclone?
Need PRF Sector-
Scanning?
VCP 12 ~4.3 min
AVSET/SAILS
VCP 215 ~6 min
AVSET/SAILS
VCP 121 ~6 min
VCP 212 ~4.6 min
AVSET/SAILS
Start Here!
Yes Yes
No
No No
No
No
Yes VCP Flow Chart
Is this a special case
requiring high-
sensitivity?
VCP 31 10 min
Yes
Yes
SAILS Mode
Situation VCPs
1 Standard Convection/SVR Surveillance 212,12,215*,35*
2 Low Topped Storms/Squall Lines 212,12,215*
3 QLCS with high TOR threat/ongoing supercell tornado
212,12
*Not recommended for SVR Wx monitoring
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Replace VCPs 11 & 21 with Something Better
• VCP 215, General Surveillance – VCP 12 angles low & mid levels with SZ-2 Range
Unfolding – VCP 11 angles aloft – VCP 21-like data quality 0.5⁰, 0.9⁰, 1.3⁰ – Update rate ~6 min – Precip Mode Default
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VCP 215: Vertical Resolution
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VCP 215: SZ-2 Range Unfolding
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VCP 215: ~6 Minute Update
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New Clear Air VCP 35
• VCP 12 angles through 6.4° Smooth transition from Clear Air to Precip Mode
• Same pulses/radial as VCP 32 for angles 0.5°, 0.9°, 1.3° in surveillance cuts, fewer in the doppler scan • Best data quality and target detection
• SZ-2 Range Unfolding, SAILS • Update time ~7.5 minutes
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VCP 35: Vertical Resolution
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Modernized VCPs Summary
• New General Surveillance VCP (215) – Combines strengths of VCPs 11 and 21 – AVSET, SAILSx1, ~ 6 mins – Does NOT replace VCP 12/212 for severe wx
• New Clear Air VCP (35)
– SAILSx1, VCP 32 sensitivity, ~7.5 mins
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Manual PRF with SZ-2
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Clutter Filter Control 248 nm
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Elevation Bias Control
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Change VCP From Workstation
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VCP and Mode Control
• Download Only – “Change to RDA VCP” box gone
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Simplifying VCP Status
• VCP number only – Origin (R or L) and Mode (A or B) no longer relevant
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Shift Checklist product
• WSRSCCXXX Initially • WSRSCLXXX AWIPS Build 17.3.1
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SAILS Cut Times
• Time for SAILS cuts on product menu fixed
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Better Quality Dual Pol Base Data
• Signal Processing: new data windowing technique
• Noise correction in low SNR regions • New default VCP 215 has more pulses/radial
than VCP 212
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Less Noisy Dual Pol Base Data
VCP 212 Build 16
VCP 215 Build 18
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Z PHI
CC ZDR
KTLX B16
VCP212
Z PHI
CC ZDR
ROP4 B18
VCP215
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Z PHI
CC ZDR
KTLX B16
VCP212
Z PHI
CC ZDR
ROP4 B18
VCP215
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HCA Tuning • Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm
– Within melting layer, Dry Snow (DS) unrealistically dominant
– Sharpens transition to light/moderate rain (RA) bottom of melting layer
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TRU and DMD and SAILS Cuts
• Tornado Rapid Update (TRU) – Elevation-based output from Tornado Detection
Algorithm • Mesocyclone Detection (DMD) • Overlay products available for SAILS cuts
– Position and attributes will better match SAILS cut data
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Z-R Relationship Simplification
• Plain language instead of the equations
• QPE resets like PPS (Bug Fix) • Legacy Z-R a single choice • Dual Pol Max and MXPRA
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Data Quality Dashboard
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Thank You For Your Time