Coulter, Richard Martin, Timothy 20130813 http://www.archive.arm.gov/discovery/#v/results/s/s::rwp http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025032 armhfe1290rwpwindmom Observational Data The radar wind profiler/radio acoustic sounding system (RWP/RASS), available in 915-MHz (for U.S. deployments) and 1290-MHz (for deployments outside the U.S.), 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. It operates by transmitting electromagnetic energy into the atmosphere and measuring the strength and frequency of backscattered energy. Virtual temperatures are recovered by transmitting an acoustic signal vertically and measuring the electromagnetic energy scattered from the acoustic wavefront. Because the propagation speed of the acoustic wave is proportional to the square root of the virtual temperature of the air, the virtual temperature can be r ecovered by measuring the Doppler shift of the scattered electromagnetic wave. rwp handbook is available at: http://www.arm.gov/publications/tech_reports/handbooks/rwp_handbook.pdf 20080917 20081228 Completed None 39.753 39.753 116.96 116.96 science keywords Atmospheric Radiation Measurement DOE ARM ARM ARM Observed Data Atmospheric Profiling Cloud Properties macrophysical microphysical Spectral Width Radar Doppler hfe1290rwpwindmomM1.a0 Instrument ARM Radar Wind Profiler Place Keywords hfe.M1: Shouxian, Anhui, China; Mobile Facility ,Shouxian, Anhui, China Richard Coulter rlcoulter@anl.gov Mailing and Physical Address Argonne IL 60439 USA N/A Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA ARM Archive User Services +1-865-241-4851 armarchive@ornl.gov url visualization Public image thumbnail Public Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Data Sets. 1993-Ongoing. Available at http://www.archive.arm.gov from the ARM Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program ARM Archive User Services Mailing and Physical Address

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