Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time | Data Quality Metric |
---|---|---|---|---|
07/26/2007 | 1307 | 07/26/2007 | 1400 | Does not affect quality |
07/30/2007 | 1222 | 07/30/2007 | 1300 | Does not affect quality |
Subject: | FKB/WACR/M1 - Chaff released in Murg valley |
DataStreams: | fkbwacrM1.b1, fkbwacrM1.00, fkbwacrspecmomM1.00 |
Description: | As part of the research activities associated with the COPS field campaign, the research center at Karlsruhe released aluminum chaff (2.5 cm in length) in the Murg Valley in order to study atmospheric diffusion. It is possible that some of this chaff drifted over the AMF site and thus may have influenced the radar observations (as spurious echos). 20070817 Comment from WACR Mentor, Kevin Widener: I reviewed the data from the two chaff releases and I'm unable to see any effect in either co-polar or cross-polar backscatter signals. I also looked at the MPL and ceilometer and could not see anything that might be chaff. {Editors note: The DQR quality color was changed to "Transparent".} |
Suggestions: | Users should be aware of the chaff release event when using these reflectivity data. |
Measurements: | fkbwacrM1.b1: more
fkbwacrspecmomM1.00: more fkbwacrM1.00: more |