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XSACRGRIDRHI

X-Band Scanning ARM Cloud Radar RHI scan, Cartesian Cloud Cover VAP

Evaluation VAP

This Scanning ARM Cloud Radar Grid (SACRGRID) value-added product for the X-Band Scanning ARM Cloud Radar (XSACR) provides radar moments from range-height indicator (RHI) scans on a Cartesian grid. The gridded radar moments include reflectivity, mean Doppler velocity, spectral width, signal-to-noise ratio, and differential reflectivity. The moments are accompanied by the differential phase and copolar correlation coefficient.

Input data are a1-level (uncalibrated) or b1-level (calibrated) HSRHI data. A nearest neighbor algorithm is used for gridding. The output is a single netCDF file with radar moments remapped onto a two-dimensional (2D) Cartesian grid.

With this VAP, scientists can more easily use XSACR CF/Radial observations in RHI mode in applications that benefit from having measurements on a Cartesian grid, such as for model comparisons.