165 Signal Processing in the DOWs using Pentek processors

Monday, 16 September 2013
Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)
Michael Dixon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew, J. Wurman, and K. Kosiba

Handout (1.7 MB)

A newly developed signal processing system, using multiple Pentek processors, and NCAR/EOL TITAN/CIDD software enhances the capabilities of the DOW mobile radar network fleet. The new signal processing system is capable of very short pulsing and gating, and high prf with stagger, ideally suited for fine-scale and quickly-scanned DOW observations of sometimes violent and high gradient phenomena. Full time series are recorded for flexibility in post-processing of conventional radar moments, varying clutter filtering, and oversampling. Results from first field tests in supercell thunderstorms and landfalling hurricanes will be presented.

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