Transcript Intro Radar Workshop

Intro Radar Workshop
GR (Gibson Ridge)
• Grlevelx.com
• Good for current radar or looking at old
images
Polling
• File / configure polling / add
• Then place this URL in the box that opens up
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/data/nexrd2/raw/
• Then File/ start polling (or click the computer
with the world behind it)
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BR (base reflectivity)
BV (base velocity)
SRV (storm relative velocity)
SW (spectrum width)
ET ( echo tops)
VIL ( vertically integrated liquid)
VILD (vertically integrated liquid density)
POSH (probability of severe size hail)
MEHS ( maximum estimated hail size)
NROT ( rotation )
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Tilts
Warning boxes
Smoothing
Tornado, hail, meso icons
Calculating storm motion
Changing radars
Panel modes
2D and 3D scans
• 2D
click cross section mode drag mouse from one
place to other going through the storm
• 3D
click 3D box at top, drag a box from the center
outward to make a 3D scan
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Satellite
Watch boxes
Spotter Net
Surface obs
Mesos discussions
Roads
Color tables / 3D volume tables
http://grlevelxstuff.com/
http://www.justingehrts.com/AE_mteor/
Looking at old cases
• Iowa Mesonet
• Texas Mesonet
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/archive/
TBSS(Three Body Scatter Spike)
BWER
Tornados
Tornados (cont.)
Wind
Hail