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TITLE:
RADAR ASCII files of HAIC-HIWC Cayenne 2015 Field Campaign 
(2015-05-09 to 2015-05-29)

AUTHOR:
Sandra Turner, ATMOSPHERE Systemes & Services 

CONTACT:
sandra.turner@atmosphere.aero

VERSION:
v01, 2015-11-30

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The RADAR (C Band radar, non polarimetric)
was located at Grand Leblond, near Kourou, Cayenne, French Guiana
5.1139 North, 52.6448 West (WGS84)

The RADAR was operating a radius of 200 km, 
but the first 100 km is supposed to be of better quality.
The data resolution is 1 km (400 X 400 pixels for the whole domain).

This radar is operated by the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CGS),
of the French Space Agency (CNES),
and is mainly used to verify that there is no precipitation 
in the horizon around the radar before local operations.

The RADAR ASCII files were produced by Meteo-France, with CNES Agreement,
from BUFR Meteo-France format.

The RADAR data (ascii files and images) 
can be used by HAIC-HIWC members of the Cayenne 2015 Field Campaign,
using the following Legal Mention:

RADAR data (or image) produced by METEO-FRANCE Nowcasting Department. 
Origin of reflectivity data: CNES RADAR at Grand Leblond.

The lat-lon grid is written at the end of some of the reflectivity files.
For other files, the following ASCII file of lat-lon grid is available:
radar_cnes_grid.asc

Reflectivity units: dBZ
Lat-Lon coordinate units: decimal degrees
Missing values: -99999

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List of available files:

haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150509.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150510.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150511.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150512.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150513.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150514.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150515.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150516.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150517.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150518.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150519.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150520.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150521.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150522.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150523.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150524.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150525.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150526.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150527.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150528.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150529.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150530.tar
haic_hiwc_radar_cayenne_ascii_20150531.tar                                           

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The list of missing dates is as followed:

201505271815 to 201505272000 
201505272115 to 201505272130 
201505281405 to 201505281455 
201505281500 to 201505281540
201505281500 to 201505281530 
201505281825 to 201505281855 
201505281900 to 201505281955 
201505291230 to 201505291255 
201505291300 to 201505291350 
201505291420 to 201505291440 

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END of the README