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Characterized and Calibrated Radar Data Now Available for TRACER Campaign
This map indicates the Houston-area radar locations during TRACER, including those of the second-generation C-Band Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (CSAPR2), Ka- and X-band scanning ARM cloud radars (SACR), and Ka-Band ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR). ARM’s radar team cross-compared data from the ARM and NOAA NEXRAD Houston/Galveston (KHGX) radars to help determine reflectivity offsets. Map was…
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Convective Cell Tracking Database Now Available for CACTI Campaign
A new database describes the properties of individually tracked convective cells during the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility conducted the CACTI campaign in 2018 and 2019 in Argentina’s Sierras de Córdoba mountain range. Using data from the second-generation C-Band Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (CSAPR2)…
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Precipitation Radar Data Product Released for CACTI Campaign
A new CACTI data product will help users analyze information from the deployment of the second-generation C-Band Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (CSAPR2) in Argentina. Photo is by Janek Uin, Brookhaven National Laboratory. The Corrected Moments in Antenna Coordinates Version 2 (CMAC2) value-added product (VAP) has been updated to work with the second-generation C-Band Scanning ARM…