CHAPTER 2 UNIT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Components. This chapter contains a description of the major components of a WSR-88D unit. The major components are: Radar Data Acquisition Radar Product Generator

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CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE WSR-88D 2.1 General. The WSR-88D is the second-generation, operational meteorological radar replacing the non-Doppler meteorological radars of the National Weather Service and the Air Force.

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background. Material presented in this Part B, Doppler Radar Theory and Meteorology, of the Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 (FMH-11) was provided from a number of sources.

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CHAPTER 3 DATA ACQUISITION CONSIDERATIONS 3.1 Introduction. The WSR-88D has a number of user-selectable and site-specific data acquisition parameters enabling the user to optimize the acquisition and signal analysis to

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CHAPTER 3 UNIT FUNCTIONAL FLOW 3.1 Introduction. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the flow of data through the application software of the major functional areas of the WSR-88D unit to enable the user to bette

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background. The material presented in Part D, WSR-88D Unit Description and Operational Applications, of Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 (FMH-11) is based on data and

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CHAPTER 4 WSR-88D FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 4.1 Introduction. The meteorological situation determines the WSR-88D volume coverage patterns, measurement accuracy requirements, and analysis products required for maximum

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APPENDIX A PHYSICS OF METEOROLOGICAL RADARS A.1 Detection of Precipitation. Consider a monostatic radar such as the WSR-88D with peak transmitted power, Pt, and antenna gain, G, illuminating a single target cross section

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