Session 5 |
| | IIPS Applications in Radar |
| | Organizers: Robert Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
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| 8:30 AM | 5.0a | Introductory Remarks
Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. E. Forsyth |
| 8:45 AM | 5.1 | NEXRAD Open Systems—Progress and Plans 
Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. J. Istok and L. D. Johnson |
| 9:00 AM | 5.2 | Aspects of The ORPG Software Development Process
Michael Jain, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. Adams, H. Burcham, E. Forren, G. Gookin, Z. Jing, A. Nawaz, D. Priegnitz, S. Smith, D. Suppes, and J. Thompson |
| 9:15 AM | 5.3 | Experiences with the Early Deployment of the WSR-88D Open Radar Product Generator (ORPG)
J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS/OSF, Norman, OK; and G. Cate and R. Skov |
| 9:30 AM | 5.4 | Near Term Planned Mission Enhancements for the WSR-88D Open Radar Product Generator
John G. Simensky, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Elvander, R. Saffle, and M. Istok |
| 9:45 AM | 5.5 | Use of NEXRAD ORPG Applications Developed for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
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| 10:30 AM | 5.6 | Analysis and Plans for Using FAA Radar Weather Data in the WSR-88D
Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and P. K. Pickard, W. M. Blanchard, M. J. Istok, B. Bumgarner, D. L. Estes, and S. Shema |
| 10:45 AM | 5.7 | The WSR-88D Common Operations and Development Environment—Status and Future Plans
Thomas J. Ganger, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; and M. J. Istok, S. Shema, and B. Bumgarner |
| 11:00 AM | 5.8 | Developmental Utilities for the WSR-88D Common Operations and Development Environment
Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and T. J. Ganger, S. A. Dobbs, and M. J. Istok |
| 11:15 AM | 5.9 | Experiences using WSR-88D CODE as a Developmental Tool for Radar Algorithm Development
Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. D. Stern, T. J. Ganger, D. J. Smalley, D. J. Seo, and C. J. McAdie |
| 11:30 AM | 5.10 | The Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Design for the WSR-88D
Allen Zahrai, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres, I. Ivic, and C. Curtis |
| 11:45 AM | 5.11 | Migration of WSR-88D Signal Processing Functionality to Open Systems
Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai |
| 12:00 PM | | Grand Poster Luncheon
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| 1:59 PM | | Session 5: Continued (Chairpersons: Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Jeffrey Keeler, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 2:00 PM | 5.12 | Near Term Planned Mission Enhancements for the WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition System
Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Zahrai, R. Saffle, R. Rivera, D. Martindale, and R. Khanna |
| 2:15 PM | 5.13 | Evaluation of techniques to mitigate range and velocity ambiguities on the WSR-88D
D. S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. D. Cook |
| 2:30 PM | 5.14 | Evaluation of a digital receiver for the research and development of WSR-88D
D. S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai |
| 2:45 PM | 5.15 | Joint Polarization Experiment (JPOLE) for the WSR-88D Radar: Progress and Plans
Terry J. Schuur, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS, Norman, OK; and R. C. Elvander, J. G. Simensky, and R. A. Fulton |
| 3:00 PM | 5.16 | Status of the dual polarization upgrade on the NOAA'S research and development WSR-88D
Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, R. J. Doviak, and J. K. Carter |
| 3:15 PM | 5.17 | NEXRAD Data Quality: An Update on the AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis and J. VanAndel |
| 3:30 PM | | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
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| 3:58 PM | | Exhibit Hours 3:00–7:30 p.m.
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|  | 5.18 | Censoring for Overlaid Echo Leakages in Phase-Coded WSR-88D Data
Shel Gerding, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, S. Ellis, and C. Frush |
| 3:59 PM | 5.18a | Overview of Range and Velocity Ambiguity Mitigation using the SZ(8/64) Phase Code
Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris and C. Frush |
| 4:14 PM | 5.19 | Compression of NEXRAD (WSR-88D) radar data using Burrows-Wheeler Algorithm
Steven D. Smith, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and K. Kelleher and S. Lakshmivarahan |
| 4:29 PM | 5.20 | Project CRAFT: A Test Bed for Demonstrating the Real Time Acquisition and Archival of WSR-88D Level II Data
Kelvin K. Droegemeier, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Kelleher, T. D. Crum, J. J. Levit, S. A. DelGreco, L. Miller, C. Sinclair, M. Benner, D. W. Fulker, and H. Edmon |
| 4:44 PM | 5.21 | The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)
Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, S. Sandgathe, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, J. D. Belville, and W. Benner |
| 4:59 PM | 5.22 | Demonstration of optimum processing of oversampled signals in range to improve Doppler spectral moment estimates
Igor Ivic, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and S. M. Torres |
| | 5.23 | A Radar Processing Toolkit using Numeric Python
Joseph VanAndel, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| | 5.24 | Operational EXPERIENCES WITH THE EARLY DEPLOYMENT OF THE WSR-88D OPEN RADAR PRODUCT GENERATOR (ORPG), NOAA/ROC, NORMAN, OK
J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS/OSF, Norman, OK; and R. Skov and G. Cate |