Title: VORTEX-SE 2017 UAH MAX Mobile Radar Data

Authors:

Dustin Conrad     dconrad@nsstc.uah.edu      	   University of Alabama-Huntsville
Carter Hulsey     cbh0014@uah.edu		   University of Alabama-Huntsville
Kevin Knupp(PI)   kevin.knupp@uah.edu	   	   University of Alabama-Huntsville


1.0 Data Set Overview:

    UAH MAX data

    Time period: 2017/03/01 14:24 to 2017/03/01 21:18
    Location: latitude 34.4191 longitude -86.0263 elevation 357m

    Time period: 2017/03/21 20:28 to 2017/03/22 00:04
    Location: latitude 34.5919 longitude -86.0003 elevation 395m

    IOP 1A - Western Domain
    Time period: 2017/03/25 16:41 to 2017/03/25 21:37
    Location: latitude 34.9320 longitude -86.4660 elevation 257m

    IOP 1B - Western Domain
    Time period: 2017/03/27 15:19 to 2017/03/28 03:50
    Location: latitude 34.7259 longitude -87.1107 elevation 194m

    IOP 2 - Sand Mountain Domain
    Time period: 2017/03/30 20:30 to 2017/03/31 01:35
    Location: latitude 34.5919 longitude -86.0005 elevation 406m
    ***Data needs to be rotated counter-clockwise 4 degrees***

    IOP 3A - Near-western Domain
    Time period: 2017/04/03 18:35 to 2017/04/03 22:30
    Location: latitude 34.7259 longitude -87.1129 elevation 188m

    IOP 3B - Sand Mountain Domain
    Time period: 2017/04/05 11:30 to 2017/04/06 00:48
    Location: latitude 34.5919 longitude -86.0005 elevation 407m

    IOP 3.5B - Sand Mountain Domain 
    Time period: 2017/04/22 19:45 to 2017/04/23 00:07
    Location: latitude 34.5359 longitude -85.7564 elevation 403m

    IOP 4A - Western Domain
    Time period: 2017/04/27 02:30 to 2017/04/27 07:40
    Location: latitude 34.8351 longitude -87.4450 elevation 205m

    IOP 4B - Western Domain
    Time period: 2017/04/28 16:55 to 2017/04/28 23:45
    Location: latitude 34.7260 longitude -87.1128 elevation 187m

    IOP 4C - Sand Mountain Domain
    Time period: 2017/04/30 18:00 to 2017/05/01 03:36
    Location: latitude 34.5358 longitude -85.7564 elevation 404m

2.0 Instrument Description:

    UAH Mobile Alabama X-band Dual-Polarization Radar
    http://www.nsstc.uah.edu/mips/max/

3.0 Data Collection and Processing:

    No data correction was applied
    Zdr was calibrated throughout the project by comparing to ARMOR and KHTX

4.0 Data Format:

    Vaisala RAW format and Universal Format

5.0 Data Remarks:

    Do to the lack of stratiform over the radar, vertically pointing radar scans to calibrate Zdr were not obtained. It was also noticed that horizontal reflectivity was lower than surrounding radars (possible loss in sensitivity). 

    Data is provided in its unfolded format

    Typical Operating Parameters (See field notes for greater detail):
	Pulse Width: 0.8 microsec
	PRF: 1200 Hz
	Gate Spacing: 125 m
	Gates: 959
	Nyquist: 9.5 m/s
	Range: 120 km

    Access and view data with:

    Radx
    http://www.ral.ucar.edu/projects/titan/docs/radial_formats/radx.html
    
    solo3
    https://www.eol.ucar.edu/software/solo3