Radar Meteorology Glossary
This glossary will be the main reference for radar products and problems and will give details on what the different products are and how they are used.
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Layer Mean ReflectivityThe layer mean reflectivity is a 2D-map showing the mean reflectivity in a user-defined layer between two CAPPI surfaces. | |
Layer turbulenceDescription2D map containing the mean spectral width between set upper and lower limits in altitude in the vertical column over each surface point (ground view) LTB is calculated using a polar volume data set with spectral width as input. ParametersRange: diplayed rangeImage size Pixel resolution Top: Height above MSL of upper data layer Bottom: Height above MSL of lower data layer NotesLTB can be used to observe turbulence on flight levels. The radar scan should be optimized for this purpose, low antenna rotation speed to get a good enough data set of W. | ||
Linear depolarisation ratioDescriptionThe linear depolarization ratio LDR is the ratio of the vertically polarized reflectivity to the horizontally polarized reflectivity for a horizontally polarized transmitter pulse, in other words: the ratio of the cross-polarized reflectivity to the co-polarized reflectivity. Notes• Measurement needs usually different radar measurement mode. | ||