Multiple Doppler wind barbs

Description


2D-array of horizontal wind vectors, based on measurements of two doppler radars located typically less than 100 km from each other. .

Parameters

Product data quantity: array of speed (tenths of m/s and direction (degrees) of wind
Image size: number of arrays per row (# of columns) and per column (# of rows)
Coordinates of central point of the image
Array spacing: km
Upper limit altitude: m a.s.l.
Lower limit altitude: m a.s.l.
Maximum unambigious speed
Unfolding method used
Fallspeed correction method used if any

Notes

• The barbs cannot be used at area where the beams of the two radars are almost parallel. From this and other reasons, a quality indicator is essential.

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