915rwpwind

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.

Backscatter, doppler spectrum, 915 MHz RWP

Southern Great Plains - Central Facility, Lamont, OK

• Latitude: 36.607322
• Longitude: -97.487643
• Publication Date: 1997-05-19
• Start Date: 1997-05-19
• End Date: 2001-03-31
• Last Updated: 2003-02-27

Southern Great Plains - Beaumont, KS (Intermediate)

• Latitude: 37.626
• Longitude: -96.538
• Publication Date: 1997-02-20
• Start Date: 1997-02-20
• End Date: 2001-03-31
• Last Updated: 2003-02-27

Southern Great Plains - Medicine Lodge, KS (Intermediate)

• Latitude: 37.28
• Longitude: -98.933
• Publication Date: 1997-03-04
• Start Date: 1997-03-04
• End Date: 2001-03-31
• Last Updated: 2001-06-15

Southern Great Plains - Meeker, OK (Intermediate)

• Latitude: 35.551
• Longitude: -96.864
• Publication Date: 1996-12-30
• Start Date: 1996-12-30
• End Date: 2001-03-31
• Last Updated: 2001-06-15

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#rwp

Paytsar Muradyan

Argonne National Laboratory

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1999476
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 1997. Radar Wind Profiler (915RWPWIND). 1997-05-19 to 2001-03-31, Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1). Compiled by R. Coulter and P. Muradyan. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1999476.