DQRID : D140212.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
07/22/2012000003/28/20141800
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Subject:
SGP/CSAPR/I7 - Missing sweep in volume
DataStreams:sgpcsaprvertI7.00, sgpcsaprsurI7.00, sgpcsaprsecI7.00, sgpcsaprrhiI7.00
Description:
The CSAPR lowest elevation angle changes throughout the day.  Normally starts out at 0.5? 
and ends up around 2.6? with a majority of the angles at 0.75?.  

The problem is in the software ingest. This is the ingest that is internal to the radar 
software that converts the processed data from local buffer to MDV files. As a result there 
was a missing sweep in the volume coverage pattern (VCP). This missing sweep is not 
systematic. Therefore, there are missing PPI sweeps in the VCP.
The problem was fixed with a configuration change in the software and changing the ingest 
to produce CF Radial NetCdf data. No such problems have been seen in the CF Radial NetCdf 
data
Suggestions: 
Measurements:sgpcsaprvertI7.00:
  • Unfiltered reflectivity in horizontal polarization(reflectivity_horizontal_unf)
  • Azimuth of Radar Ray(azimuth)
  • Unfiltered differential reflectivity(diff_reflectivity_unf)
  • time_in_seconds_since_volume_start(time)
  • Unfiltered received power in vertical channel(power_vertical_unf)
  • Distance to the center of the corresponding range bin(range)
  • altitude(altitude)
  • Unfiltered differential propagation phase shift(dp_phase_shift_unf)
  • Received power in vertical channel, clutter filtered(power_vertical)
  • Doppler spectral width, clutter filtered(doppler_spectral_width)
  • Unfiltered lag-0 co-polar correlation coefficient(copol_coeff_unf)
  • Clutter filtered reflectivity in vertical polarization(reflectivity_vertical)
  • Clutter filtered reflectivity in horizontal polarization(reflectivity_horizontal)
  • Unfiltered Mean Doppler velocity(mean_doppler_velocity_unf)
  • Differential propagation phase shift(dp_phase_shift)
  • Received power in horizontal channel, clutter filtered(power_horizontal)
  • Specific differential phase(diff_phase)
  • Lag-0 co-polar correlation coefficient, clutter filtered(copol_coeff)
  • Unfiltered received power in horizontal channel(power_horizontal_unf)
  • Unfiltered normalized coherent power(norm_coherent_power_unf)
  • Unfiltered Doppler spectral width(doppler_spectral_width_unf)
  • Unfiltered reflectivity in vertical polarization(reflectivity_vertical_unf)
  • Differential reflectivity, clutter filtered(diff_reflectivity)
  • Unfiltered specific differential phase(diff_phase_unf)
  • Normalized coherent power, clutter filtered(norm_coherent_power)
  • Mean doppler velocity(mean_doppler_velocity)
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sgpcsaprsecI7.00:
  • Differential reflectivity, clutter filtered(diff_reflectivity)
  • Doppler spectral width, clutter filtered(doppler_spectral_width)
  • Unfiltered Doppler spectral width(doppler_spectral_width_unf)
  • Unfiltered received power in vertical channel(power_vertical_unf)
  • Clutter filtered reflectivity in vertical polarization(reflectivity_vertical)
  • Clutter filtered reflectivity in horizontal polarization(reflectivity_horizontal)
  • Unfiltered differential propagation phase shift(dp_phase_shift_unf)
  • Unfiltered specific differential phase(diff_phase_unf)
  • altitude(altitude)
  • Unfiltered reflectivity in vertical polarization(reflectivity_vertical_unf)
  • Unfiltered reflectivity in horizontal polarization(reflectivity_horizontal_unf)
  • Unfiltered received power in horizontal channel(power_horizontal_unf)
  • Lag-0 co-polar correlation coefficient, clutter filtered(copol_coeff)
  • Unfiltered Mean Doppler velocity(mean_doppler_velocity_unf)
  • Specific differential phase(diff_phase)
  • Unfiltered lag-0 co-polar correlation coefficient(copol_coeff_unf)
  • Azimuth of Radar Ray(azimuth)
  • Normalized coherent power, clutter filtered(norm_coherent_power)
  • Received power in horizontal channel, clutter filtered(power_horizontal)
  • Unfiltered differential reflectivity(diff_reflectivity_unf)
  • Differential propagation phase shift(dp_phase_shift)
  • Received power in vertical channel, clutter filtered(power_vertical)
  • Mean doppler velocity(mean_doppler_velocity)
  • time_in_seconds_since_volume_start(time)
  • Distance to the center of the corresponding range bin(range)
  • Unfiltered normalized coherent power(norm_coherent_power_unf)
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sgpcsaprsurI7.00:
  • Clutter filtered reflectivity in horizontal polarization(reflectivity_horizontal)
  • Differential reflectivity, clutter filtered(diff_reflectivity)
  • Received power in horizontal channel, clutter filtered(power_horizontal)
  • Unfiltered received power in horizontal channel(power_horizontal_unf)
  • Doppler spectral width, clutter filtered(doppler_spectral_width)
  • Received power in vertical channel, clutter filtered(power_vertical)
  • Distance to the center of the corresponding range bin(range)
  • Lag-0 co-polar correlation coefficient, clutter filtered(copol_coeff)
  • Unfiltered specific differential phase(diff_phase_unf)
  • Unfiltered Mean Doppler velocity(mean_doppler_velocity_unf)
  • Normalized coherent power, clutter filtered(norm_coherent_power)
  • Mean doppler velocity(mean_doppler_velocity)
  • Unfiltered reflectivity in vertical polarization(reflectivity_vertical_unf)
  • Unfiltered Doppler spectral width(doppler_spectral_width_unf)
  • altitude(altitude)
  • Clutter filtered reflectivity in vertical polarization(reflectivity_vertical)
  • Differential propagation phase shift(dp_phase_shift)
  • time_in_seconds_since_volume_start(time)
  • Unfiltered normalized coherent power(norm_coherent_power_unf)
  • Unfiltered differential propagation phase shift(dp_phase_shift_unf)
  • Unfiltered received power in vertical channel(power_vertical_unf)
  • Unfiltered lag-0 co-polar correlation coefficient(copol_coeff_unf)
  • Azimuth of Radar Ray(azimuth)
  • Unfiltered reflectivity in horizontal polarization(reflectivity_horizontal_unf)
  • Unfiltered differential reflectivity(diff_reflectivity_unf)
  • Specific differential phase(diff_phase)
more
sgpcsaprrhiI7.00:
  • Unfiltered received power in vertical channel(power_vertical_unf)
  • Unfiltered differential propagation phase shift(dp_phase_shift_unf)
  • Unfiltered Mean Doppler velocity(mean_doppler_velocity_unf)
  • Azimuth of Radar Ray(azimuth)
  • Specific differential phase(diff_phase)
  • Unfiltered specific differential phase(diff_phase_unf)
  • Unfiltered normalized coherent power(norm_coherent_power_unf)
  • Unfiltered reflectivity in horizontal polarization(reflectivity_horizontal_unf)
  • Mean doppler velocity(mean_doppler_velocity)
  • Clutter filtered reflectivity in vertical polarization(reflectivity_vertical)
  • Unfiltered differential reflectivity(diff_reflectivity_unf)
  • Clutter filtered reflectivity in horizontal polarization(reflectivity_horizontal)
  • Differential propagation phase shift(dp_phase_shift)
  • Unfiltered Doppler spectral width(doppler_spectral_width_unf)
  • Received power in vertical channel, clutter filtered(power_vertical)
  • Doppler spectral width, clutter filtered(doppler_spectral_width)
  • altitude(altitude)
  • Lag-0 co-polar correlation coefficient, clutter filtered(copol_coeff)
  • Unfiltered received power in horizontal channel(power_horizontal_unf)
  • time_in_seconds_since_volume_start(time)
  • Unfiltered reflectivity in vertical polarization(reflectivity_vertical_unf)
  • Normalized coherent power, clutter filtered(norm_coherent_power)
  • Unfiltered lag-0 co-polar correlation coefficient(copol_coeff_unf)
  • Received power in horizontal channel, clutter filtered(power_horizontal)
  • Distance to the center of the corresponding range bin(range)
  • Differential reflectivity, clutter filtered(diff_reflectivity)
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