CASA Off-The-Grid (OTG) & NSF MRI TropiNET radars: UPRM Weather Radar Network Dr. Sandra Cruz-Pol and Dr. José Colom-Ustáriz Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. UPRM Colom@ece.uprm.edu CruzPol@ece.uprm.edu
Problema Real Presentation Title December 26, 2018 “There is insufficient knowledge about what is actually happening (or is likely to happen) at the Earth’s surface where people live.” [National Academy of Sciences, 1998] Cayey NWS radar Mayaguez Speaker Name 2
Waterspout – Mayaguez Bay, Sept 2005
UPRM Radars Two NSF projects: CASA- (NSF ERC) (Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere) – P.I.- Dr. Sandra Cruz-Pol radares Banda-X with solar-backup : OTG & EWR TropiNET (NSF MRI)– P.I. Dr. José Colom-Ustáriz Radares polarimétricos, Doppler, X-band P.I.= Principal Investigator
Note the improved Resolution of one Note the improved resolution UPRM Radar UPRM Radar These are upper layers These are upper layers NexRad NexRad
Student-Led Radar Test Bed Supports the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Summer Games July 17th – August 1st Mayagüez, PR Contact: Jorge Trabal (jtrabal@ecs.umass.edu), José Colom (colom@ece.uprm.edu)
OTG Radar @UPRM Magüe OTG2 EWR OTG= Off-the-Grid Radar Nodes Solar Power back-up system Wireless Point-to-Point Link Communication EWR
OTG1 (4KW) OTGs OTG1 (4KW) OTG2 (25KW)
The EWR radar at CROEM: solar powered EWR is now at UPRM on top of Stefani Bldg Photovoltaic system -designed for EWR, & OTGs. Can be used as back-up or 8-continous hrs of operation
OTG installation at Cornelia Radar troubleshooting at CID (UPRM)
OTG1 OTG2 Jul 2010 Merged Data Plots
Jul 17, 2010, CAC Inauguration Day http://stb.ece.uprm.edu/NoonEvent.jsp
UPRM TropiNET UPRM has the NSF MRI TropiNET ($1.8M) for the establishment of a DCAS 3-radar network on the west of the island. Doppler Polarimetric X-band (non solar @TG) Radar sites: Lajas, Isabela, Cornelia
UPRM Weather web site http://stb.ece.uprm.edu/
¡Gracias!