WMOD00426

• Title: Desert Research Institute Fields Operations - 1994 NOAA/UTAH Field Program - Final Report
• Date: 11/1/1994
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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Table 5. Summary of 1994 NOAAlUtah K.-Band Radar Operations
DATI: TIME PERIOD (MST) OPERATION D,ESCRIPTION
13 January 0900 - 1600 Radar installed at RRS
15 January 1120 - 1830 Hardware and software checks
16 January Computer problems; antenna aligned
17 January 0900 - 2100 Computer problem solved; system operational
18 January 0830 - 1200 Practice operations with new control program and 8
mm tape recording system; performed two receiver
calibrations and wrote to files d940118.11 c and
d940118.12c.
21 January 1235 - 1339 Test scans in clear weather. Wrote file d940121.13.
23 January 1300 - 1830 Radar orientation and practice operations. AISt layers.
Files d940123.16 - d940123.18.
24 Janua,ry 1347 - 1618 Installed Uninterruptable Power Supply for radar
computer and tape drive.
25 Janua,ry 1130 - 1652 Mostly 2-80 elev. volume scans. Weak weather
system in easterly flow. Files d940125.14 -
d940125.16.
26 Janua,ry 1000 - 1737 First real operation. Mainly volume scans from 1000-
1600; some RHI's after that. Computer clock 2 h slow
1000-1638. Files d940126.08 - d940126.14 (add 2h to
times), d940126.16 and d940126.17.
28 Janua-ry 1247 - 1358 Practice operations. Clear weather. File d940128.13
written.
1 February 1200 - 1245 Ground clutter mapping in clear weather. Wrote file
d940201.12.
3 February 1305 - 1430 Data collected on Cirrus and AISt layers. Some afc
problems. Files d940203.13 and d940203.14.
4 February 1207 - 1432 Marginal weather conditions. Wrote Files d940204.12
- d940204.14. (
6 February 1122 - 1550 Data collected on Cirrus and AISt layers. Some afc
problems. Files d940206.13 - d940206.15.
7 February 0640 - 1409 Good storm conditions. Volume scans. Files
d940207.07 - d940207.13.
8 February 0748 - 1222 Good storm conditions. Volume scans. Files
d940208.07 - d940208.12.

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