TITLE: Guam WSR-88D Level III Radar Data [NOAA/NCDC] CONTACTS: NCDC Radar Contact: Climate Services Branch National Climatic Data Center Room 468 151 Patton Avenue Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5001 Telephone: 828-271-4800 Facsimile: 828-271-4876 E-mail: ncdc.info@noaa.gov 1.0 DATA SET OVERVIEW This data set contains Level III radar data from the WSR-88D radar located at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam. The data cover the period from 1 August to 6 October 2008. The complete suite of Level III products are included (see the readme for details. 2.0 STATION LOCATION 13.45444N 144.80833E 264 ft elevation 3.0 DATA FORMAT AND FILE NAMING 3.1 Data Format These data are in Level III radar format. Some options to visualize these data are shown here: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radardata.html#VISUALIZE Some options for decoding these data are: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radardata.html#DECODE 2.2 File Naming conventions 7000PGUA20080801.tar.Z PGUA is the station id 2008 is the four digit year 08 is the two digit month 01 is the two digit day (UTC) .tar.Z signifies that these are compressed tar files. Once the tar files are opened there are files named like: PGUM_NXUS60_GSMGUA_200808010003 PGUM is the station id NXUS60 is the GTS product identifier GSM is the radar product identifier GUA is the station id 2008 is the year 08 is the month 01 is the day 0003 are the UTC hour and minute of the observation 3.0 DATA REMARKS The product identifiers (note that not all products may be available for this radar) are as follows: Radar Product ID DESCRIPTION RANGE --------------------------------------------------------------------- GSM General Status Message N/A N0R Base Reflectivity (lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N1R Base Reflectivity (second lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N2R Base Reflectivity (third lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N3R Base Reflectivity (fourth lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N0Z Base Reflectivity 248 nm N0W Base Velocity 32 nm N0V Base Velocity (lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N1V Base Velocity (second lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N2V Base Velocity (third lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N3V Base Velocity (fourth lowest elevation angle) 124 nm NSP Base Spectrum Width 32 nm NSW Base Spectrum Width 124 nm NCF Clutter Filter Control 124 nm NCO Composite Reflectivity (8 Levels) 248 nm NCR Composite Reflectivity (16 Levels) 124 nm NCZ Composite Reflectivity (16 Levels) 248 nm NET Echo Tops 124 nm NWP Severe Weather Probability 124 nm NVW VAD Wind Profile N/A N0S Storm Relative Velocity (lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N1S Storm Relative Velocity (second lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N2S Storm Relative Velocity (third lowest elevation angle) 124 nm N3S Storm Relative Velocity (fourth lowest elevation angle) 124 nm NVL Vertical Integrated Liquid 124 nm NST Storm Tracking Information 186 nm NHI Hail Index 124 nm NME Mesocyclone 124 nm NTV Tornadic Vortex Signature 124 nm NSS Storm Structure 248 nm NLL Low Layer Composite Reflectivity 124 nm NML Mid Layer Composite Reflectivity 124 nm RCM Radar Coded Message 248 nm N1P One Hour Precipitation Total 124 nm N3P Three Hour Precipitation Total 124 nm NTP Storm Total Precipitation 124 nm DPA Digital Precipitation Array 124 nm SPD Supplemental Precipitation Data N/A NHL High Layer Composite Reflectivity 124 nm 4.0 REFERNCES None.