Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds-the Idaho Experiment SNOWIE17, 7 January - 17 March 2017 Wyoming Cloud Radar Status Report Content: WCR configuration Radar Status/Problems General Notes Calibration Notes Other notes Data Files Information ................................................................................ WCR configuration: WCR3 is installed on UW King Air (UWKA) with 3-antenna configuration: Antenna 1 2,4 and polarization capability for Ant. 1. Antenna ports are: Ant1(side/up) - H1, Ant2 (near nadir) - V2, Ant4 (down-fore) - H2; H/V stands for the receiver used (there are 2 receivers). Cross-polarization channels (hxvx and vxhx,where x is 'h' or 'v') valid for Ant1 only. ................................................................................ Radar Status/Problems * Preparation of the radar = 19 Dec 2016: new data disk carriers were installed to WCR (ferret) and KPR (kpr) host computers * Log: general and for specific flights: = For all flights the Modulator status word is occasionally corrupted caused by an interference ______ Jan18 KPR status = KPR Noise source(HL) level has increased by more than 2 dB which leads to incorrect (very low) noise figure. This is caused by shift in' attenuator used to lower the noise source level to the value calibrated to the temperature used in the NF calculations. ProSensing will address the issue and replace the waveguide/attenuator connecting the noise source. ______ Jan19 KPR status = Looks like the problem from Jan18 may not be caused by the Noise source The KPR data from RF05 show significant loss of sensitivity; the WL noise floor jumped by about 2 dB. It could be a LNA problem. ______ Jan20 KPR status = Removed LNA andshipped to Millitech for evaluation and repair ______ Jan21 WCR status = Operator started recording data after the RF07 2nd leg was completed ______ Feb04 KPR status = The KPR LNA was repeired and delivered on Feb 03. ______ Feb05 KPR status = The LNA was installed and a test show it was working fine. There is an increased noise level (WL) by about 1 dB, which is caused by the increased LNA gain (from ~20.0dB to ~22.2dB) = During re-installation of the KPR there was a connectivity problem between the KPR computer and the RCB (intranet connection problem). The issue was resolved after reconnecting the network cable a couple of times (on the KPR RF side). It appears that the RJ45 connector on the wing side or the KPR insert back plate was not connecting well. ______ Feb19 KPR status = At about 18:48 the operator attempted file roll off to start a new file, which caused kpr radar server crash; killing radar server was not successful and kpr computer had to be rebooted ______ Mar04 WCR status = Both receievers lost at least 13 dB of gain for several minutes starting before take off and ending shortly after take off ______ Mar07 KPR status = KPR LNA failed WCR status = Both receievers lost at least 13 dB of gain for several minutes starting before take off and ending shortly after take off. The 2.82GHz PLO intermittently not working ? ................................................................................ General Notes: * Quick look images of reflectivity and Doppler veocity for all the flights are stored on the project WCR web site in their corresponding directories (rfXX_mmmDD) as pdf files. * WCR raw data is archived on a disk array in the UW DAS and a mass storage at NCAR. Quicklooks, dataquality, and calibration data are also archived. Level 1 and Level 2 radar processed data files in NetCDF format are available usually within 2 months after the conclusion of the experiment (preliminary version is generally available during the field campaign). The NetCDF files can be requested via a data request form on the WCR web page (select Data link under User Information). ................................................................................ Calibration notes: **************************************************************************** Power Calibration: * Calibration constants used: see wcr3conf_snowie17.pro * Notes: 1) The absolute accuracy of the calibration constant for the "up/side" antenna(H1) is estimated to be better than 3 dB. The precision of the calibration from the corner reflector is within 1.5 dB. 2) The accuracy of the calibration constant for the rest of the beams is with respect to H1. The expected added uncertainty is about 1-2 dB. The slanted beam reflectivity uncertainty is expected to be a bit higher than the reflectivity for up, side, and down beams. 3) Cross-channel/antenna isolation: up/side antenna h-pol-to-v-pol is better than 30 dB all other antennas: greater than 50 dB: 4) No receiver saturation is expected from weather target 5) The reflectivity from first two or three rangates may be either slightly undervalued for strong echoes or slightly overvalued for very week echoes; on occasion a small hardware generated interference (spike) may be present in the first few range gates; it is estimated that the absolute error/inteference is no more than 2-3 dB. **************************************************************************** Beam angles calibration: * Unit beam angles(in AC coordinates): use Applanix AV410 (see wcr3conf_pacmice16.pro) The accuracy of the beam angles for 'up' beam is not known due to lack of calib data. The accuracy of the down beams is better than 0.1 deg King Air maneuvers for beam calibration should be done with the following considerations in mind: = preferred weather conditions: clear air, light to moderate winds = low turbulence at flight level = 3000 ft AGL flight level = 45 deg 2.5 circles in right turn and 2.5 circles in left turn = flat terrain with no ponds/lakes = no precipitation reaching the surface detected by the radar Cloud runs for checking the up beam pointing angles = light winds, deep stratiform clouds and/or very light precip are desirable = 2-3 mins passes in the middle of the cloud or precip = straight and leveled legs with up-dualdown config: -2 legs forth and back along the wind -2 legs forth and back across the wind ................................................................................ Other notes: * WCR data acquisition system (DAQ) records time stamps from an IRIG card which is slaved to the master UWKA data system time server. The recorded time stamps are UTC time using UNIX epoch. * The zero range gate (first data gate) is about 86 m (for 250 ns pulse). The far field for the 12" up/side antenna is 60 m and the far field for the 15" down-slant antenna and 18" down antenna are 91 m and 131 m, respectively. * When maximum unambiguous range is 7.5 km and the aircraft flies AGL close to that range the data can be contaminated from second trip surface echoes. * Antenna Coupling Separation for all non-polarimetric antennas is better than 50 dB, but could be less than the radar dynamic range. Coupling between down and down-aft antenna (leak into the down-aft return) as well as between up and down-aft antenna (leak into the up return) are present for strong targets (mostly surface returns). ................................................................................ WCR Data File Information: ************************************************************************** dec08 (tf01, Brett Wadsworth, Adam Majewski, Dave Plummer, Decheng Wu): Total data: 3.3 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 501M wcr-20161208-223052.cpp/250, U,D,D 13M wcr-20161208-224752.cpp/250, U,D,D 102M wcr-20161208-224830.cpp/250, S,D,D 72M wcr-20161208-225328.cpp/250, S,D,D beamcal, left 225417-225613 103M wcr-20161208-225657.cpp/250, S,D,D beamcal, right 225753-225950 501M wcr-20161208-230211.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161208-231911.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161208-233612.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161208-235312.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161209-001013.cpp/250, U,D,D 60M wcr-20161209-002713.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.4 GB ; there is almost no useful cloud data; clouds seen with ; WCR are mostly below the minimum detectable signal for KPR 205M kpr-20161208-223018.spp/30 U,D 11M kpr-20161208-224854.spp/30 D 54M kpr-20161208-224940.spp/30 D 53M kpr-20161208-225324.spp/30 D beamcal, left turn 66M kpr-20161208-225704.spp/30 D beamcal, right turn 501M kpr-20161208-230138.spp/30 U,D 467M kpr-20161208-234704.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** dec14 (tf02, Ed Siegel, Spencer, Plummer, Decheng Wu): Total data: 6.0 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 501M wcr-20161214-224831.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161214-230532.cpp/250, U,D,D 274M wcr-20161214-232232.cpp/250, U,D,D 408M wcr-20161214-233155.fft3/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161214-233837.cpp/250, U,D,D 1.8M wcr-20161214-235538.cpp/250, U,D,D only 3.5 sec 346M wcr-20161214-235546.fft3/250, U,D,D 189M wcr-20161215-000125.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.4 GB 21M kpr-20161214-224756.spp/30 U,D 33M kpr-20161214-224956.spp/60 U,D 129M kpr-20161214-225545.spp/75 U,D 9.3M kpr-20161214-232318.spp/30 U,D 43M kpr-20161214-232410.spp/60 U,D 501M kpr-20161214-233137.fpp/30 U,D DV stripes due to ~1 deg roll oscillations and 28 m/s cross wind 6.0M kpr-20161214-233810.fpp/30 U,D only 4 sec 62M kpr-20161214-233816.spp/30 U,D 1.5M kpr-20161214-234350.spp/60 U,D only 7 sec 41M kpr-20161214-234359.spp/60 U,D 21M kpr-20161214-235105.spp/75 U,D 430M kpr-20161214-235533.fpp/30 U,D 64M kpr-20161215-000112.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** dec20 (tf03, Drew, Min Deng, Plummer, Decheng Wu): Mostly Clear air Total data: 2.8 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes weak cloud returns - UP ant.only 3.6M wcr-20161220-171958.cpp/250, U 501M wcr-20161220-172215.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161220-173916.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161220-175616.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161220-181317.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20161220-183017.cpp/250, U,D,D 303M wcr-20161220-184718.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 475 MB no cloud returns 27M kpr-20161220-172024.spp/30 U,D 18M kpr-20161220-172248.spp/60 U,D 423M kpr-20161220-172553.spp/75 U,D 8.1M kpr-20161220-185630.spp/75 U,D ************************************************************************** jan03 (tf04, Brett Wadsworth, Dave Plummer, Spencer Faber): Total data: 608 MB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 501M wcr-20170103-202052.cpp/250, U,D,D Tx is off until 202720 108M wcr-20170103-203752.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 163 MB 95M kpr-20170103-202113.spp/30 U,D 68M kpr-20170103-202952.spp/60 U,D ************************************************************************** jan08 (rf01, Wadsworth,French,Oolman, Adam Majewski): Total data: 5.6 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 61M wcr-20170105-230610.cpp/250 U,D,D this is a file from the ferry flight nothing, ignore 352M wcr-20170108-023437.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-024719.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-030419.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-032120.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-033820.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-035521.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-041221.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-042922.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-044622.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-050323.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170108-052023.cpp/250, U,D,D 262M wcr-20170108-053724.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.5 GB 1.1M kpr-20170105-225857.spp/30 U,D this is a file from the ferry flight nothing, ignore 149M kpr-20170108-023549.spp/30 U,D 80M kpr-20170108-024924.spp/75 U,D 501M kpr-20170108-030627.spp/30 U,D 356M kpr-20170108-035153.spp/30 U,D 377M kpr-20170108-042416.spp/75 U,D ************************************************************************** jan09 (rf02, Wadsworth,French,Oolman, Adam Majewski): Total data: 5.3 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 501M wcr-20170109-042324.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-044025.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-045725.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-051426.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-053126.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-054826.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-060527.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-062227.cpp/250, U,D,D 349M wcr-20170109-063928.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-065119.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170109-070819.cpp/250, U,D,D 68M wcr-20170109-072520.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 2.0 GB 501M kpr-20170109-042435.spp/30 U,D 501M kpr-20170109-051001.spp/30 U,D 378M kpr-20170109-055527.spp/30 U,D 501M kpr-20170109-062945.spp/30 U,D 143M kpr-20170109-071511.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** jan11 (rf03, Wadsworth,French,Oolman, Adam Majewski): Total data: 5.6 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 501M wcr-20170111-022155.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170111-023856.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170111-025556.cpp/250, U,D,D 389M wcr-20170111-031257.cpp/250, U,D,D 1.3M wcr-20170111-032610.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170111-032613.cpp/250, U,D,D 268M wcr-20170111-034313.cpp/250, U,D,D 916K wcr-20170111-035219.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170111-035221.cpp/250, U,D,D 412M wcr-20170111-040921.cpp/250, U,D,D 871K wcr-20170111-042322.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170111-042324.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170111-044024.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170111-045725.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170111-051425.cpp/250, U,D,D 88M wcr-20170111-053126.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 2.1 GB 501M kpr-20170111-022231.spp/30 U,D 205M kpr-20170111-030757.spp/30 U,D 288M kpr-20170111-032632.spp/30 U,D 333K kpr-20170111-035241.spp/30 U,D 340M kpr-20170111-035244.spp/30 U,D 501M kpr-20170111-042337.spp/30 U,D 283M kpr-20170111-050903.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** jan18 (rf04, Wadsworth,Geerts,Oolman,Adam Majewski): Total data: 5.1 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 501M wcr-20170118-200526.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170118-202226.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170118-203927.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170118-205627.cpp/250, U,D,D 360M wcr-20170118-211328.cpp/250, U,D,D 416M wcr-20170118-212541.cpp/250, U,D,D 498M wcr-20170118-213948.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170118-215643.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170118-221344.cpp/250, U,D,D 5.7M wcr-20170118-223044.cpp/250, U,D,D 429M wcr-20170118-223056.cpp/250, U,D,D 486M wcr-20170118-224529.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.6 GB 147M kpr-20170118-200203.spp/30 U,D 326M kpr-20170118-201522.spp/75 U,D 350M kpr-20170118-212517.spp/30 U,D 376M kpr-20170118-215706.spp/30 U,D 437M kpr-20170118-223113.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** jan19a (rf05, Wadsworth,French,Oolman,Adam Majewski): Total data: 4.9 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 501M wcr-20170119-153405.cpp/250, U,D,D 248M wcr-20170119-155105.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170119-155931.cpp/250, U,D,D 124M wcr-20170119-161631.cpp/250, U,D,D 486M wcr-20170119-162043.cpp/250, U,D,D 488M wcr-20170119-163715.cpp/250, U,D,D 415M wcr-20170119-165351.cpp/250, U,D,D 481M wcr-20170119-170756.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170119-172417.cpp/250, U,D,D 276M wcr-20170119-174117.cpp/250, U,D,D 350M wcr-20170119-175039.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170119-180232.cpp/250, U,D,D 78M wcr-20170119-181933.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.1 GB - loss of sensitivity (~10dB) 315M kpr-20170119-153101.spp/30 U,D 226M kpr-20170119-155939.spp/30 U,D 82M kpr-20170119-162014.spp/75 U,D 77M kpr-20170119-163744.spp/75 U,D 66M kpr-20170119-165403.spp/75 U,D 198M kpr-20170119-170809.spp/75 U,D 157M kpr-20170119-175031.spp/75 U,D ************************************************************************** jan19b (rf06, Wadsworth,French,Oolman,Adam Majewski): Total data: 5.8 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 46M wcr-20170119-222909.cpp/250, U 501M wcr-20170119-223524.cpp/250, U,D,D 396M wcr-20170119-225224.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170119-230553.cpp/250, U,D,D 95M wcr-20170119-232253.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170119-232606.cpp/250, U,D,D 18M wcr-20170119-234307.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170119-234343.cpp/250, U,D,D 71M wcr-20170120-000043.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170120-000308.cpp/250, U,D,D 11M wcr-20170120-002008.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170120-002030.cpp/250, U,D,D 75M wcr-20170120-003730.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170120-004002.cpp/250, U,D,D 54M wcr-20170120-005702.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170120-005852.cpp/250, U,D,D 54M wcr-20170120-011552.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170120-011742.cpp/250, U,D,D 75M wcr-20170120-013443.cpp/250, U,D,D 480M wcr-20170120-013715.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.2 GB KPR with reduced sensitivity (~10dB) LNA sent for repair 49M kpr-20170119-222725.spp/30 U 324M kpr-20170119-223614.spp/30 U,D 177M kpr-20170119-230541.spp/75 U,D 352M kpr-20170119-234337.spp/75 U,D 256M kpr-20170120-005905.spp/75 U,D ************************************************************************** jan21 (rf07, Wadsworth,French,Oolman,Adam Majewski): Total data: 4.8 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 310M wcr-20170121-224734.cpp/250, U,D,D 401M wcr-20170121-225806.cpp/250, U,D,D 321M wcr-20170121-231144.cpp/250, U,D,D 259M wcr-20170121-232239.cpp/250, U,D,D 317M wcr-20170121-233126.cpp/250, U,D,D 316M wcr-20170121-234211.cpp/250, U,D,D 329M wcr-20170121-235256.cpp/250, U,D,D 316M wcr-20170122-000406.cpp/250, U,D,D 346M wcr-20170122-001451.cpp/250, U,D,D 306M wcr-20170122-002636.cpp/250, U,D,D 349M wcr-20170122-003700.cpp/250, U,D,D 331M wcr-20170122-004851.cpp/250, U,D,D 325M wcr-20170122-010005.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170122-011108.cpp/250, U,D,D 110M wcr-20170122-012809.cpp/250, U,D,D ************************************************************************** jan22 (rf08, Wadsworth,Roelof Bruintjes,Oolman,Adam Majewski): Total data: 5.9 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 501M wcr-20170122-210102.cpp/250, U,D,D 164M wcr-20170122-211802.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170122-212337.cpp/250, U,D,D 24M wcr-20170122-214037.cpp/250, U,D,D 287M wcr-20170122-214126.cpp/250, U,D,D 472M wcr-20170122-215111.cpp/250, U,D,D 339M wcr-20170122-220714.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170122-221845.cpp/250, U,D,D 86M wcr-20170122-223546.cpp/250, U,D,D 422M wcr-20170122-223840.cpp/250, U,D,D lost Applanix (have to use post-processed) 501M wcr-20170122-225301.cpp/250, U,D,D 91M wcr-20170122-231001.cpp/250, U,D,D 422M wcr-20170122-231306.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170122-232727.cpp/250, U,D,D 71M wcr-20170122-234428.cpp/250, U,D,D 414M wcr-20170122-234652.cpp/250, U,D,D 501M wcr-20170123-000056.cpp/250, U,D,D 72M wcr-20170123-001756.cpp/250, U,D,D 98M wcr-20170123-002022.cpp/250, U,D,D ************************************************************************** jan31 (rf09, Wadsworth,French,Plummer,Spencer Faber): Total data: 3.9 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 701M wcr-20170131-195456.cpp/250, U,D,D 40M wcr-20170131-201845.cpp/250, U,D,D 334M wcr-20170131-202005.cpp/250, U,D,D 49M wcr-20170131-203126.cpp/250, U,D,D 622M wcr-20170131-203305.cpp/250, U,D,D 156M wcr-20170131-205414.cpp/250, U,D,D 230M wcr-20170131-205930.cpp/250, U,D,D 211M wcr-20170131-210719.cpp/250, U,D,D 208M wcr-20170131-211428.cpp/250, U,D,D 252M wcr-20170131-212132.cpp/250, U,D,D 298M wcr-20170131-213006.cpp/250, U,D,D 179M wcr-20170131-214014.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170131-214617.cpp/250, U,D,D 5.2M wcr-20170131-221006.cpp/250, U,D,D ************************************************************************** feb03 (rf10, Wadsworth,Roelof Bruintjes,Plummer,Spencer Faber): Total data: 3.0 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 701M wcr-20170203-195017.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170203-201406.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170203-203754.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170203-210143.cpp/250, U,D,D 258M wcr-20170203-212532.cpp/250, U,D,D ************************************************************************** feb04 (rf11, Wadsworth,Roelof Bruintjes,Plummer,Spencer Faber): Total data: 6.1 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 575M wcr-20170204-214851.cpp/250, U,D,D 303M wcr-20170204-220823.cpp/250, U,D,D 616M wcr-20170204-221841.cpp/250, U,D,D 412M wcr-20170204-223936.cpp/250, U,D,D 559M wcr-20170204-225336.cpp/250, U,D,D 461M wcr-20170204-231237.cpp/250, U,D,D 463M wcr-20170204-232818.cpp/250, U,D,D 409M wcr-20170204-234403.cpp/250, U,D,D 480M wcr-20170204-235756.cpp/250, U,D,D 380M wcr-20170205-001415.cpp/250, U,D,D 468M wcr-20170205-002710.cpp/250, U,D,D 413M wcr-20170205-004304.cpp/250, U,D,D 301M wcr-20170205-005706.cpp/250, U,D,D 391M wcr-20170205-010719.cpp/250, U,D,D ************************************************************************** feb07 (rf12, Wadsworth,French,Plummer,Spencer Faber): Total data: 6.0 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 146M wcr-20170207-193834.cpp/250, U KA taxing and take off KA not moving 193909-194317 drizzle: 195130-195400(after take off) 424M wcr-20170207-195830.cpp/250, U,D,D 364M wcr-20170207-201254.cpp/250, U,D,D 663M wcr-20170207-202515.cpp/250, U,D,D 402M wcr-20170207-204747.cpp/250, U,D,D 679M wcr-20170207-210125.cpp/250, U,D,D 348M wcr-20170207-212430.cpp/250, U,D,D 632M wcr-20170207-213619.cpp/250, U,D,D 434M wcr-20170207-215748.cpp/250, U,D,D 646M wcr-20170207-221234.cpp/250, U,D,D 385M wcr-20170207-223431.cpp/250, U,D,D 475M wcr-20170207-224735.cpp/250, U,D,D 458M wcr-20170207-230344.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 2.2 GB Repaired LNA isnatlled, 2.2dB more gain 25M kpr-20170207-191344.spp/30 U drizzle,on the ground no KA data 1.2M kpr-20170207-193724.spp/30 U drizzle,on the ground 100M kpr-20170207-193903.spp/30 U drizzle,KA taxing and take off 51M kpr-20170207-195702.spp/30 U,D 2.4M kpr-20170207-200141.spp/30 U,D 86M kpr-20170207-200217.spp/30 U,D 6.0M kpr-20170207-201053.spp/75 U,D 150M kpr-20170207-201130.spp/30 U,D 252M kpr-20170207-202506.spp/30 U,D 145M kpr-20170207-204800.spp/30 U,D 256M kpr-20170207-210107.spp/30 U,D 130M kpr-20170207-212422.spp/30 U,D 243M kpr-20170207-213610.spp/30 U,D 50M kpr-20170207-215814.spp/30 U,D 5.7M kpr-20170207-220250.spp/75 U,D 95M kpr-20170207-220408.spp/30 U,D 212M kpr-20170207-221243.spp/30 U,D 87M kpr-20170207-223200.spp/60 U,D 185M kpr-20170207-224719.spp/30 U,D 79M kpr-20170207-230405.spp/60 U,D 1.9M kpr-20170207-231757.spp/60 U ************************************************************************** feb16 (rf13, Drew,French,Oolman,Spencer Faber): aborted early for lack of optimal weather Total data: 1.9 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 106M wcr-20170216-232825.cpp/250, U include part of take off 323M wcr-20170216-234253.cpp/250, U,D,D 586M wcr-20170216-235351.cpp/250, U,D,D 377M wcr-20170217-001347.cpp/250, U,D,D 521M wcr-20170217-002634.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 753 MB 7.2M kpr-20170216-221751.spp/30 U on the ground 72M kpr-20170216-232925.spp/30 U 130M kpr-20170216-234215.spp/30 U,D 222M kpr-20170216-235405.spp/30 U,D 139M kpr-20170217-001411.spp/30 U,D 184M kpr-20170217-002650.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** feb18 (rf14, Drew,Roelof Bruintjes,Oolman,Spencer Faber): Total data: 5.5 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 52M wcr-20170218-212544.cpp/250, U 669M wcr-20170218-213533.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170218-215817.cpp/250, U,D,D 4.1M wcr-20170218-222205.cpp/250, U,D,D 463M wcr-20170218-222214.cpp/250, U,D,D 605M wcr-20170218-223758.cpp/250, U,D,D 485M wcr-20170218-225832.cpp/250, U,D,D 590M wcr-20170218-231500.cpp/250, U,D,D 474M wcr-20170218-233503.cpp/250, U,D,D 482M wcr-20170218-235110.cpp/250, U,D,D 384M wcr-20170219-000733.cpp/250, U,D,D 637M wcr-20170219-002035.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 2.1 GB 6.8M kpr-20170218-203902.spp/30 U 54M kpr-20170218-212624.spp/30 U 249M kpr-20170218-213600.spp/30 U,D 265M kpr-20170218-215834.spp/30 U,D 172M kpr-20170218-222237.spp/30 U,D 226M kpr-20170218-223814.spp/30 U,D 183M kpr-20170218-225846.spp/30 U,D 221M kpr-20170218-231523.spp/30 U,D 176M kpr-20170218-233525.spp/30 U,D 183M kpr-20170218-235124.spp/30 U,D 141M kpr-20170219-000803.spp/30 U,D 232M kpr-20170219-002048.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** feb19 (rf15, Drew,F.McDonough,Oolman,Spencer Faber): Total data: 5.7 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 701M wcr-20170219-173121.cpp/250, U,D,D 25M wcr-20170219-175510.cpp/250, U,D,D 590M wcr-20170219-175559.cpp/250, U,D,D 471M wcr-20170219-181602.cpp/250, U,D,D 442M wcr-20170219-183202.cpp/250, U,D,D 380M wcr-20170219-184704.cpp/250, U,D,D 582M wcr-20170219-185957.cpp/250, U,D,D 591M wcr-20170219-191944.cpp/250, U,D,D 545M wcr-20170219-193948.cpp/250, U,D,D 514M wcr-20170219-195819.cpp/250, U,D,D 345M wcr-20170219-201546.cpp/250, U,D,D 624M wcr-20170219-202728.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 2.1 GB 9.0M kpr-20170219-164328.spp/30 U 264M kpr-20170219-173223.spp/30 U,D 221M kpr-20170219-175624.spp/30 U,D 174M kpr-20170219-181625.spp/30 U,D 168M kpr-20170219-183213.spp/30 U,D after file roll off by the operator KPR hung up and had to be rebooted 17M kpr-20170219-185236.spp/30 U,D Tx is OFF 67M kpr-20170219-185420.spp/30 U,D 217M kpr-20170219-190022.spp/30 U,D 221M kpr-20170219-192003.spp/30 U,D 204M kpr-20170219-194009.spp/30 U,D 192M kpr-20170219-195840.spp/30 U,D 129M kpr-20170219-201606.spp/30 U,D 225M kpr-20170219-202748.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** feb20 (rf16, Drew,Frank McDonough,Oolman,Spencer Faber): Total data: 5.1 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 330M wcr-20170220-143555.cpp/250, U,D,D 313M wcr-20170220-144707.cpp/250, U,D,D 695M wcr-20170220-145743.cpp/250, U,D,D 443M wcr-20170220-152121.cpp/250, U,D,D 672M wcr-20170220-153624.cpp/250, U,D,D 416M wcr-20170220-155913.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170220-161322.cpp/250, U,D,D 33M wcr-20170220-163710.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170220-163817.cpp/250, U,D,D 37M wcr-20170220-170206.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170220-170320.cpp/250, U,D,D 185M wcr-20170220-172708.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.9 GB 7.5M kpr-20170220-134947.spp/30 U on the ground 111M kpr-20170220-143709.spp/30 U,D 119M kpr-20170220-144715.spp/30 U,D 261M kpr-20170220-145802.spp/30 U,D noise floor +0.1dB jump 166M kpr-20170220-152143.spp/30 U,D 250M kpr-20170220-153646.spp/30 U,D 159M kpr-20170220-155930.spp/30 U,D noise floor -0.1dB jump 271M kpr-20170220-161355.spp/30 U,D 279M kpr-20170220-163833.spp/30 U,D noise floor +0.1dB jump 320M kpr-20170220-170352.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** feb21 (rf17, Drew,Frank McDonough,Oolman,Spencer Faber): Total data: 6.6 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 664M wcr-20170221-143141.cpp/250, U,D,D 670M wcr-20170221-145415.cpp/250, U,D,D 409M wcr-20170221-151701.cpp/250, U,D,D 678M wcr-20170221-153054.cpp/250, U,D,D 582M wcr-20170221-155357.cpp/250, U,D,D 538M wcr-20170221-161345.cpp/250, U,D,D 631M wcr-20170221-163201.cpp/250, U,D,D 405M wcr-20170221-165327.cpp/250, U,D,D 688M wcr-20170221-170713.cpp/250, U,D,D 415M wcr-20170221-173036.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170221-174441.cpp/250, U,D,D 17M wcr-20170221-180830.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 2.4 GB 8.1M kpr-20170221-135347.spp/30 U ground test before take off 244M kpr-20170221-143226.spp/30 U,D noise floor +0.1dB jump 251M kpr-20170221-145434.spp/30 U,D 15:10-15:13 - drizzle ? 155M kpr-20170221-151720.spp/30 U,D 15:20-15:22 - drizzle ? 253M kpr-20170221-153122.spp/30 U,D 15:51-15:53 - drizzle ? 216M kpr-20170221-155418.spp/30 U,D 15:56-16:00 - drizzle ? 203M kpr-20170221-161355.spp/30 U,D 237M kpr-20170221-163219.spp/30 U,D 155M kpr-20170221-165352.spp/30 U,D 253M kpr-20170221-170756.spp/30 U,D 156M kpr-20170221-173052.spp/30 U,D 17:35-17:38 - drizzle ? 259M kpr-20170221-174504.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** mar04 (rf19, Drew,French,Plummer,Faber): The RF18 ID is skipped to match IOP numbering Total data: 6.0 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 88M wcr-20170304-130858.cpp/250, U unidentified problem (self-recover) ~13 dB loss of Rx gain; noise at -78dBm 566M wcr-20170304-132108.cpp/250, U,D,D 595M wcr-20170304-134023.cpp/250, U,D,D 482M wcr-20170304-140037.cpp/250, U,D,D 514M wcr-20170304-141700.cpp/250, U,D,D 494M wcr-20170304-143428.cpp/250, U,D,D 324M wcr-20170304-145115.cpp/250, U,D,D 341M wcr-20170304-150216.cpp/250, U,D,D 330M wcr-20170304-151351.cpp/250, U,D,D 314M wcr-20170304-152503.cpp/250, U,D,D 374M wcr-20170304-153542.cpp/250, U,D,D 353M wcr-20170304-154824.cpp/250, U,D,D 220M wcr-20170304-160022.cpp/250, U,D,D 353M wcr-20170304-160751.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170304-161950.cpp/250, U,D,D 90M wcr-20170304-164338.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 2.3 GB 4.5M kpr-20170304-122302.spp/30 U ground test before take off 19M kpr-20170304-130919.spp/30 U 28M kpr-20170304-131243.spp/60 U 147M kpr-20170304-131734.spp/60 U,D 4.2M kpr-20170304-133038.spp/30 U,D 109M kpr-20170304-133102.spp/60 U,D 222M kpr-20170304-134043.spp/30 U,D 174M kpr-20170304-140051.spp/30 U,D 195M kpr-20170304-141636.spp/30 U,D 184M kpr-20170304-143419.spp/30 U,D 122M kpr-20170304-145101.spp/30 U,D 128M kpr-20170304-150206.spp/30 U,D 123M kpr-20170304-151341.spp/30 U,D 118M kpr-20170304-152448.spp/30 U,D 140M kpr-20170304-153530.spp/30 U,D 133M kpr-20170304-154810.spp/30 U,D 86M kpr-20170304-160011.spp/30 U,D 4.9M kpr-20170304-160801.spp/30 U,D 62M kpr-20170304-160830.spp/60 U,D 189M kpr-20170304-161913.spp/30 U,D 14M kpr-20170304-163625.spp/60 U,D 85M kpr-20170304-163844.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** mar05 (rf20, Drew,French,Plummer,Faber): Total data: 4.8 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 537M wcr-20170305-120625.cpp/250, U,D,D 610M wcr-20170305-122440.cpp/250, U,D,D 494M wcr-20170305-124523.cpp/250, U,D,D 500M wcr-20170305-130210.cpp/250, U,D,D 373M wcr-20170305-131910.cpp/250, U,D,D 493M wcr-20170305-133150.cpp/250, U,D,D 384M wcr-20170305-134835.cpp/250, U,D,D 534M wcr-20170305-140137.cpp/250, U,D,D 378M wcr-20170305-141946.cpp/250, U,D,D 616M wcr-20170305-143237.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.9 GB 4.2M kpr-20170305-111103.spp/30 U ground test before take off 207M kpr-20170305-120533.spp/30 U,D 12:14 - noise floor +0.1dB jump 234M kpr-20170305-122421.spp/30 U,D 180M kpr-20170305-124537.spp/30 U,D 187M kpr-20170305-130200.spp/30 U,D 141M kpr-20170305-131857.spp/30 U,D 184M kpr-20170305-133144.spp/30 U,D 143M kpr-20170305-134828.spp/30 U,D 199M kpr-20170305-140129.spp/30 U,D 147M kpr-20170305-141935.spp/30 U,D 221M kpr-20170305-143253.spp/30 U,D ************************************************************************** mar07 (rf21, Drew,French,Plummer,Faber): Total data: 6.3 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 3.9M wcr-20170307-125617.cpp/250, U ground test before take off 96M wcr-20170307-135413.cpp/250, U unidentified problem (self-recover) ~13 dB loss of Rx gain; noise at -78dBm 701M wcr-20170307-140716.cpp/250, U,D,D 100M wcr-20170307-143105.cpp/250, U,D,D 605M wcr-20170307-143428.cpp/250, U,D,D 420M wcr-20170307-145501.cpp/250, U,D,D 478M wcr-20170307-150917.cpp/250, U,D,D 418M wcr-20170307-152532.cpp/250, U,D,D 514M wcr-20170307-153944.cpp/250, U,D,D 425M wcr-20170307-155712.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170307-161139.cpp/250, U,D,D 285M wcr-20170307-163528.cpp/250, U,D,D 457M wcr-20170307-164508.cpp/250, U,D,D 341M wcr-20170307-170040.cpp/250, U,D,D 337M wcr-20170307-171214.cpp/250, U,D,D 426M wcr-20170307-172340.cpp/250, U,D,D 3.7M wcr-20170307-173813.cpp/250, U 68M wcr-20170307-173848.cpp/250, U,D,D KPR files: 1.4 GB KPR LNA failed 13M kpr-20170307-124916.spp/30 U ground test before take off 909K kpr-20170307-125136.spp/30 U ground test before take off 72M kpr-20170307-135516.spp/30 U 25M kpr-20170307-140808.spp/30 U,D 2.4M kpr-20170307-141033.spp/60 U,D 38M kpr-20170307-141108.spp/30 U,D 11M kpr-20170307-141522.spp/30 U,D 78M kpr-20170307-142137.spp/60 U,D 215M kpr-20170307-143515.spp/30 U,D 82M kpr-20170307-145454.spp/30 U,D 95M kpr-20170307-150909.spp/60 U,D 81M kpr-20170307-152547.spp/60 U,D 100M kpr-20170307-153957.spp/60 U,D 88K kpr-20170307-155724.spp/60 U,D 117M kpr-20170307-160127.spp/30 U,D 188M kpr-20170307-161205.spp/60 U,D 89M kpr-20170307-164500.spp/60 U,D 69M kpr-20170307-170028.spp/60 U,D 65M kpr-20170307-171228.spp/60 U,D 94M kpr-20170307-172352.spp/60 U,D ************************************************************************** mar09a (rf22, Drew,French,Plummer,Faber): Total data: 5.0 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 13M wcr-20170309-124302.cpp/250, U ground test; RX gain loss 1.1M wcr-20170309-125337.cpp/250, U ground test; Tx OFF; Rx gain loss 31M wcr-20170309-130202.cpp/250, U ground test; Tx OFF, Rx recovered 4.6M wcr-20170309-132044.cpp/250, U ground test; Tx ON, Rx OK 13M wcr-20170309-132357.cpp/250, U ground test; Tx OFF, Rx OK 3.4M wcr-20170309-134324.cpp/250, U ground test; Tx OFF, Rx OK 105M wcr-20170309-134923.cpp/250, U take off, Tx ON, Rx OK 701M wcr-20170309-140342.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170309-142731.cpp/250, U,D,D 207M wcr-20170309-145120.cpp/250, U,D,D 393M wcr-20170309-145821.cpp/250, U,D,D 650M wcr-20170309-151142.cpp/250, U,D,D 450M wcr-20170309-153347.cpp/250, U,D,D 636M wcr-20170309-154905.cpp/250, U,D,D 409M wcr-20170309-161043.cpp/250, U,D,D 636M wcr-20170309-162435.cpp/250, U,D,D 143M wcr-20170309-164613.cpp/250, U,D,D 4.1M wcr-20170309-165111.cpp/250, U ************************************************************************** mar09b (rf23, Drew,French,Plummer,Faber): Total data: 6.2 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 2.1M wcr-20170309-191659.cpp/250, U ground test; Tx OFF, Rx OK 4.2M wcr-20170309-191838.cpp/250, U ground test; Tx ON, Rx OK 12M wcr-20170309-192123.cpp/250, U ground test; Tx OFF, Rx OK 701M wcr-20170309-200228.cpp/250, U,D,D 184M wcr-20170309-202617.cpp/250, U,D,D 237M wcr-20170309-203231.cpp/250, U,D,D 443M wcr-20170309-204034.cpp/250, U,D,D 498M wcr-20170309-205541.cpp/250, U,D,D 430M wcr-20170309-211234.cpp/250, U,D,D 578M wcr-20170309-212710.cpp/250, U,D,D 443M wcr-20170309-214648.cpp/250, U,D,D 642M wcr-20170309-220151.cpp/250, U,D,D 424M wcr-20170309-222341.cpp/250, U,D,D 649M wcr-20170309-223806.cpp/250, U,D,D 406M wcr-20170309-230009.cpp/250, U,D,D 699M wcr-20170309-231358.cpp/250, U,D,D ************************************************************************** mar16a (rf24, Drew,French,Plummer,Faber): Total data: 6.0 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 2.9M wcr-20170316-002625.cpp/250, U ground test 2.8M wcr-20170316-002827.cpp/250, U ground test 66M wcr-20170316-004809.cpp/250, U 635M wcr-20170316-005713.cpp/250, U,D,D 672M wcr-20170316-011848.cpp/250, U,D,D 465M wcr-20170316-014139.cpp/250, U,D,D 590M wcr-20170316-015728.cpp/250, U,D,D 441M wcr-20170316-021730.cpp/250, U,D,D 639M wcr-20170316-023230.cpp/250, U,D,D 430M wcr-20170316-025414.cpp/250, U,D,D 607M wcr-20170316-030850.cpp/250, U,D,D 465M wcr-20170316-032928.cpp/250, U,D,D 565M wcr-20170316-034516.cpp/250, U,D,D 534M wcr-20170316-040428.cpp/250, U,D,D ************************************************************************** mar16b (ff02, Drew,Plummer): Total data: 2.1 GB Alg/Pulse Antennas Notes 2.4M wcr-20170316-173950.cpp/250, U ground test 657M wcr-20170316-180907.cpp/250, U,D,D 515M wcr-20170316-183151.cpp/250, U,D,D 701M wcr-20170316-184925.cpp/250, U,D,D 212M wcr-20170316-191314.cpp/250, U,D,D **************************************************************************