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The radar wind profiler/radio acoustic sounding system (RWP/RASS), available in 915-MHz (for U.S. deployments) and 1290-MHz (for foreign deployments), measures wind profiles and backscattered signal strength between (nominally) 0.1 km and 5 km and virtual temperature profiles between 0.1 km and 2.5 km. However, ARM no longer operates the RASS portion.

The RWP transmits electromagnetic energy into the atmosphere in as many as five directions (four tilted in opposing vertical planes and on vertical) and measures the strength and frequency of backscattered energy. Calculation of the Doppler shift of the returned signal allows calculation of the atmospheric wind profile.

Measurements

Atmospheric turbulence Radar Doppler Virtual temperature
Backscattered radiation Radar reflectivity
Horizontal wind Vertical velocity

Locations

  • Fixed
  • AMF1
  • AMF2
  • AMF3

Active Instrument Locations

Facility Name Instrument Start Date
Central Facility, Lamont, OK 1997-05-19
Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal 2014-09-10
Tonkawa, OK (NE radar wind profiler site, Intermediate / Auxiliary) 2011-05-02
Billings, OK (SE radar wind profiler site, Intermediate / Auxiliary) 2011-04-28
Gan Airport, Gan Island, Maldives; AMF2 2020-03-30
Lamont, OK (NW radar wind profiler site, Intermediate / Auxiliary) 2011-04-25

2021

Dorsey KS, R Jundt, CB Ireland, MR Wasem, and RA Stafford. 2021. 2020 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Annual Report. Ed. by Kathryn Dorsey, U.S. Department of Energy. DOE/SC-ARM-20-020.

2020

Jeyaratnam J, Z Luo, S Giangrande, D Wang, and H Masunaga. 2020. "A Satellite‐Based Estimate of Convective Vertical Velocity and Convective Mass Flux: Global Survey and Comparison with Radar Wind Profiler Observations." Geophysical Research Letters, 48(1), e2020GL090675, 10.1029/2020GL090675.

Degelia S, X Wang, D Stensrud, and D Turner. 2020. "Systematic Evaluation of the Impact of Assimilating a Network of Ground-Based Remote Sensing Profilers for Forecasts of Nocturnal Convection Initiation during PECAN." Monthly Weather Review, 148(12), 10.1175/MWR-D-20-0118.1.

Dorsey K and D Feldman. 2020. Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory. Ed. by Rolanda Jundt, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-20-016.

Serra Y, A Rowe, D Adams, and G Kiladis. 2020. "Kelvin Waves during GOAmazon and Their Relationship to Deep Convection." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(10), 10.1175/JAS-D-20-0008.1.
Research Highlight

Tai S, J Fast, W Gustafson, D Chand, B Gaudet, Z Feng, and R Newsom. 2020. "Simulation of Continental Shallow Cumulus Populations using an Observation‐Constrained Cloud‐System Resolving Model." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002091, 10.1029/2020MS002091.
Research Highlight

Han Y, G Zhang, X Huang, and Y Wang. 2020. "A Moist Physics Parameterization Based on Deep Learning." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002076, 10.1029/2020MS002076.

Giangrande S, D Wang, and D Mechem. 2020. "Cloud regimes over the Amazon Basin: perspectives from the GoAmazon2014/5 campaign." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(12), 10.5194/acp-20-7489-2020.

Shapiro A, CK Potvin, JG Gebauer, AK Theisen, and NA Dahl. 2020. Improving Vertical Velocity Retrievals from Doppler Radar Observations of Convection Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-19-015.

Muradyan P and R Coulter. 2020. Sonic Detection and Ranging Wind Profiler Instrument Handbook. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-TR-154.

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