89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Session 8B: Radar Applications - Session I

Wednesday, 14 January 2009: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Room 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center)
Cochairs:  Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc. and Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL
Papers:
  8:30 AM
Evaluation of the Multifunction Phased Array Radar Planning Process
Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and C. H. Marshall

  8:45 AM
The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array) – a progress report
Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. Heimmer, T. J. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner

  9:00 AM
Progress of Multi-Function Phased Array Radar (MPAR) program
William Benner, FAA, Atlantic City, NJ; and G. S. Torok, M. Emanuel, and M. E. Weber

  9:15 AM
Update on signal processing upgrades for the National Weather Radar Testbed
Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Curtis, I. R. Ivic, D. A. Warde, E. Forren, J. Thompson, D. Priegnitz, and R. Adams

  9:30 AM
An Update on Multi-Channel Receiver Development for the Realization Multi-Mission Capabilities at the National Weather Radar Testbed
M. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. E. Crain, A. Zahrai, T. Y. Yu, R. Palmer, G. Zhang, Y. Zhang, R. J. Doviak, P. Chilson, M. Xue, and X. Qin

  9:45 AM
Spatial filtering of wind turbine clutter using adaptive phased array radars
R. D. Palmer, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. D. Le, B. M. Isom, and S. M. Torres