Tuesday, 24 July 2001: 9:30 AM
As part of the NEXRAD Product Improvement (NPI) program,
the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) was tasked to
design and demonstrate an open-system architecture for the
Radar Data Acquisition (RDA) subsystem of the WSR-88D
radar. The new design shall serve as the foundation for
implementation of major enhancements to the basic radar
including but not limited to sophisticated ambiguity
resolution techniques and dual-polarization. A modern
modular and scalable design has been successfully realized
at the NSSL and a limited functionality prototype has been
operating since May of 2000. This paper presents general
characteristics and potential benefits of the new design.
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