85th AMS Annual Meeting

Session 19: Radar IIPS and Applications Part II

Thursday, 13 January 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Cochairs:  Robert G. Borchers, SAIC; Robert Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Inc. and Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL
Papers:
  1:45 PM
Radar range and velocity ambiguity mitigation: Censoring methods for the SZ-1 and SZ-2 phase coding algorithms
Scott M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon, G. Meymaris, S. Torre, and J. C. Hubbert

  2:15 PM
Progress report on the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)
Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. J. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov

  2:30 PM
Recent Advances in Phased Array Radar for Meteorological Applications
Tom McNellis, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Moorestown, New Jersey; and S. Katz, M. Campbell, and J. Melody

  2:45 PM
Coffee Break

  3:00 PM
Phase noise, coherency, and clutter suppression
James J. Stagliano Jr., DRS Weather Systems, Inc., Enterprise, AL; and J. Helvin, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson

Poster PDF (404.2 kB)
  3:15 PM
An Update on the NWS Implementation of the WSR-88D Level II Data Collection and Distribution Network
Tim Crum, NOAA/NWS/Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and C. Gilbert, S. Smith, J. Heimer, J. Casamento, P. Cragg, T. Sandman, and W. Blanchard

  3:30 PM
Ultra High Compression for Weather Radar Reflectivity Data Storage and Transmission
Pravas R. Mahapatra, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; and V. V. Makkapati

http://aero.iisc.ernet.in/~pravas/home.html

  3:45 PM
Radar Networking: Considerations for Data transfer Protocols and Network Characteristics
Tarun Banka, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Maroo, A. P. Jayasumana, V. Chandrasekar, N. Bharadwaj, and S. Chittibabu

  4:00 PM
MCNA—A reliable multicast protocol for radar product distribution
Zack Jing, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. Ahlert and G. Gookin

Poster PDF (67.6 kB)
  4:15 PM
Development of the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar Supplemental Products Generator for NWS Operations
Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and M. J. Istok, W. M. Blanchard, and N. Shen

  4:30 PM
Principles of Radar Operation over the Internet: The VCHILL
V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and Y. G. Cho, D. A. Brunkow, and A. Jayasumana

Poster PDF (116.3 kB)
  4:45 PM
The Meteorological Command and Control Structure of a Dynamic, Collaborative, Automated Radar Network
Jerald Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Westbrook, K. Brewster, K. Hondl, and M. Zink

  5:00 PM
NEXRAD Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) receiver characteristics
Nita K. Patel, RS Information Systems Inc., Norman, Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. W. Jim and A. D. Free

Poster PDF (139.1 kB)