| Subject: | NSA/MMCR/C1 - No radar pulse transmission |
| DataStreams: | nsaarscl1clothC1.c1, nsammcrcalC1.a1, nsammcrmode01v0091clothC1.c1,
nsammcrmode02v0061clothC1.c1, nsammcrmode03v0081clothC1.c1, nsammcrmode04v0061clothC1.c1,
nsammcrmomentsC1.a1, nsammcrmonC1.a1, nsammcrpowC1.a1
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| Description: | A fault in transmission occurred so no radar pulse was emitted and therefore no return
signal, only noise, was received.
Note from Karen Johnson: the ARSCL and MMCRMODE data fields
may or may not be suspect, depending on whether ARSCL correctly
identified the MMCR data as bad. |
| Measurements: | nsaarscl1clothC1.c1: - MMCR Mode I.D.(ModeId)
- MMCR Spectral Width(SpectralWidth)
- MMCR Reflectivity with Clutter Removed(ReflectivityNoClutter)
- MMCR Best Estimate of Hydrometeor Reflectivity(ReflectivityBestEstimate)
- MMCR Mean Doppler Velocity(MeanDopplerVelocity)
- MMCR Top Height of Lowest Detected Layer before Clutter Removal(RadarFirstTop)
- Top Height of Hydrometeor Layer from Composite (MMCR/Clothiaux et al. MPL)
Algorithms(CloudLayerTopHeightMplCloth) - Top Height of Hydrometeor Layer from Composite (MMCR/Campbell et al. MPL)
Algorithms(CloudLayerTopHeightMplCamp) - Bottom Height of Hydrometeor Layer from Composite (MMCR/Clothiaux et al. MPL)
Algorithms(CloudLayerBottomHeightMplCloth) - MMCR Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SignaltoNoiseRatio)
- Bottom Height of Hydrometeor Layer from Composite (MMCR/Campbell et al. MPL)
Algorithms(CloudLayerBottomHeightMplCamp) - MMCR Reflectivity(Reflectivity)
nsammcrcalC1.a1: - Number of Ffts(NumFft)
- Receiver Cal Noise Crv Sig Power Values(RxCalibrationNoiseCrvSignal)
- Range Corrected, Calibrated Power(RangeCorrectedCalibratedPower)
- Receiver Calib Noise Crv Cal. Power Values(RxCalibrationNoiseCrv)
- MMCR Reflectivity(Reflectivity)
- Delay to First Range Gate(StartGateDelay)
- Number of Gate Heights(NumHeights)
- Inter-Pulse Period(InterPulsePeriod)
- Circulator #1 Attenuation(CirculatorAttenuation1)
- Number of Code Bits(NumCodeBits)
- Gate Spacing(GateSpacing)
- Height of Center of Each Range Bin(Heights)
- Receiver Path Loss(ReceiverPathLoss)
- Partial Decoding Loss(PartialDecodingLoss)
- Number of Coherent Integrations(NumCoherentIntegrations)
- Peak Transmitted Power(PeakTransmittedPower)
- Pulse Width(PulseWidth)
- Number of Spectra Averaged(NumSpectraAveraged)
- Transmitter Path Loss(TransmitterPathLoss)
- Coded Pulse Loss(CodedPulseLoss)
nsammcrmode03v0081clothC1.c1: - MMCR Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SignaltoNoiseRatio)
- MMCR Spectral Width(SpectralWidth)
- MMCR Mean Doppler Velocity(MeanDopplerVelocity)
- MMCR Reflectivity(Reflectivity)
nsammcrmode02v0061clothC1.c1: - MMCR Reflectivity(Reflectivity)
- MMCR Spectral Width(SpectralWidth)
- MMCR Mean Doppler Velocity(MeanDopplerVelocity)
- MMCR Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SignaltoNoiseRatio)
nsammcrmode01v0091clothC1.c1: - MMCR Reflectivity(Reflectivity)
- MMCR Spectral Width(SpectralWidth)
- MMCR Mean Doppler Velocity(MeanDopplerVelocity)
- MMCR Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SignaltoNoiseRatio)
nsammcrmonC1.a1: - Time Nanoseconds since the second(TimeNanoSeconds)
- Radar PC -5V(RadarPCMinus5Volts)
- Interface Box -15V(InterfaceBoxMinus15Volts)
- IF Mod/Rec +15V(IFModPlus15Volts)
- Interface Box +5V #1(InterfaceBoxPlus5Volts1)
- 16.4GHz Phase-lock(16GHzPhaseLock)
- Switch Fault(SwitchFault)
- Radar PC +5V(RadarPCPlus5Volts)
- Indoor Humidity(IndoorHumidity)
- DMS PC -5V(DMSPCMinus5Volts)
- A/D Calibrated Voltage(ADCalVoltage)
- Interface Box +5V #2(InterfaceBoxPlus5Volts2)
- RF CUD Transmitter +12V(RFCUDTxPlus12Volts)
- IF Mod/Rec -15V(IFModMinus15Volts)
- External IF Mod/Rec +12V(ExtIFModPlus12Volts)
- Radar PC -12V(RadarPCMinus12Volts)
- Radar PC +12V(RadarPCPlus12Volts)
- Interface Box +28V(InterfaceBoxPlus28Volts)
- Outdoor Temperature(OutdoorTemperature)
- 2GHz Phase-lock(2GHzPhaseLock)
- DMS PC +12V(DMSPCPlus12Volts)
- Interface Box +15V(InterfaceBoxPlus15Volts)
- RF CUD Receiver +12V(RFCUDRecPlus12Volts)
- RF CUD +15V(RFCUDPlus15Volts)
- DMS PC -12V(DMSPCMinus12Volts)
- Temperature, Circulator #2(TempCirc2)
- Indoor Temperature(IndoorTemperature)
- Pulse Width Fault(PulseWidthFault)
- Temperature, Circulator #1(TempCirc1)
- External IF Mod/Rec +15V(ExtIFModPlus15Volts)
- Interface Box -5V(InterfaceBoxMinus5Volts)
- DMS PC +5V(DMSPCPlus5Volts)
nsammcrmode04v0061clothC1.c1: - MMCR Reflectivity(Reflectivity)
- MMCR Mean Doppler Velocity(MeanDopplerVelocity)
- MMCR Spectral Width(SpectralWidth)
- MMCR Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SignaltoNoiseRatio)
nsammcrpowC1.a1: - Transmitted RF Power(TransmittedRFPower)
- Time Nanoseconds since the second(TimeNanoSeconds)
nsammcrmomentsC1.a1: - Number of Coherent Integrations(NumCoherentIntegrations)
- Rx bandwidtch switch code(Switch)
- Delay to First Range Gate(StartGateDelay)
- 10000 * [MeanDopperVelocity(m/s) / NyquistVelocity(m/s)](MeanDopplerValue)
- Pulse Width(PulseWidth)
- Number of Code Bits(NumCodeBits)
- Inter-Pulse Period(InterPulsePeriod)
- Signal to Noise Ratio(SignalToNoiseRatio)
- Height of Center of Each Range Bin(Heights)
- Number of Spectra Averaged(NumSpectraAveraged)
- 10000 * [SpectralWidth(m/s) / NyquistVelocity(m/s)](SpectralWidthValue)
- RadarWaveLength(m) / [4 * InterPulsePeriod(s) * NumCoherentIntegrations](NyquistVelocity)
- Delay thgrough Rx(Delay)
- Number of Gate Heights(NumHeights)
- Number of Ffts(NumFft)
- 1000 * log10 (noise signal level)(Noise)
- Gate Spacing(GateSpacing)
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