WSR-88D Data Status and Plans Michael Istok NWS Radar Focal Point for NEXRAD NWS Office of Science & Technology 6 February 2014 National Weather Service.

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WSR-88D Data Status and Plans Michael Istok NWS Radar Focal Point for NEXRAD NWS Office of Science & Technology 6 February 2014 National Weather Service Family Of Services/Partners Meeting Silver Spring, MD 1

22 Outline Recent Major WSR-88D Milestones WSR-88D Program Plans – Builds Software Release Plans – Build 14 Impacts – Level II Data Collection Status and Plans – Level 3 Product Collection Status and Plans – Product User Support and Additional Information User Feedback and Q&A 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

33 Recent Major WSR-88D Milestones Dual Polarization deployment completed in June 2013 Software Builds deployed (13.3 in November) –Build 13.3 is installed at 133 sites and 25 remain on Build 13.2 –Re-enables CMD and AVSET algorithms (default on) Volume-based products report AVSET top elevation angle –CR/35-38, CRE/98, ET/41, VIL/57, APR/67, LRM/65-66 & 90 –Hybrid Spectrum Width Estimate –Enhanced VAD Wind Profile Algorithm Reduces data gaps in VWP product by performing VADs for each height at multiple elevation/range pairs –2D Velocity Dealiasing Algorithm Used for all VCPs except VCP 121, or when the velocity increment is 1 m/s, or when PRF Sectors are defined with multiple PRFs Affects Level III products, but no change to Level II data –Dual Pol software Weather-based RPG estimates of Zdr Bias and Initial PhiDP which are included in the WSR-88D RPG System Status Log Product (RSL/152) 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

44 Build 14 Release Plans Beta test and deployment scheduled for February and May of 2014 –Beta sites and estimated install dates: Pueblo, CO (2/26); South Kauai, HI (3/12); Yuma, AZ (3/19); Altus AFB, OK (3/25); Wichita, KS (3/26) Content –Supplemental adaptive intra-volume low-level scans (SAILS) Repeats the lowest elevation mid-way through the volume scan of VCP 12 and 212 Shortens low level scan update to <3 minutes (to <2 min with AVSET) –Storm-based auto PRF selection Minimizes range folding for operator selected or top 3 (cell-based VIL) storms –Manual & automatic PRF selection for SZ-2 VCPs (211, 212, 221) Adjusts range where range folding causes the ground clutter returns to obscure data at the beginning of the second trip Will cause volume scan duration to vary by +/- 15 seconds –Radial-by-radial noise estimation (RxRN) Increases data coverage of weak signal data, since noise is often overestimated Improves estimates of Dual Pol variables and Spectrum Width –Coherency-based thresholding (CBT) Recovers some of the data lost from the sensitivity reduction of dual pol –Enable site modification of DP QPE rain rate coefficients for dry snow and ice crystals 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

55 Build 14 Impacts (Reference TINs 13-4, 13-37) Supplemental Adaptive Intra-volume Low-level Scans (SAILS) –Additional N0Q/94/R and N0U/99/V products will report a volume scan time/date from the start time/date of the added split cut –Reduces single-site Level 3 product central collection by 10% –Increases single-site Level II data central collection by 5% –Elevation index may be thought of as changing since it’s a sequential scan number Manual & automatic PRF selection for SZ-2 VCPs (211, 212, 221) –To maintain 64 pulses/radial on SZ-2 cuts, VCP time will vary by +/- 15 seconds Radial-by-radial noise estimation (RxRN) –Horizontal and vertical channel dBZ0 values to be added to the Radial Data Block within Message Type 31 and resulting in a Major Version change from 1 to 2 –RxRN state (enabled/disabled) reported in the Volume Data Block within Message 31 (see “Signal Processing States”, which were formerly spare bytes) Coherency-based Thresholding (CBT) CBT state (enabled/disabled) also reported in Message 31 “Signal Processing States” Expansion of General Status Message and Added Information –Increased length to 200 bytes (was 104 bytes) and added status and spares –Halfword 58 will report VCP Supplemental Data (AVSET, SAILS, Site Specific VCP) 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

66 WSR-88D Software Release Plans Build 15 Software –Beta test and deployment start August and November 2014 RDA hardware installed with the software might stretch out deployment –Content (reduced scope to accommodate hardware refresh) Tune RPG Initial PhiDP estimate and optionally use in RPG algorithms Enable site modification of R(Z,Zdr) QPE rain rate coefficients to address tropical vs. continental drop size distributions SAILS scan will be added to GSM to relate Elevation Index to angle sequence Build 16 Software –Beta test and deployment start January and April of 2015 RPG hardware installs might stretch deployment –Content Add model data message to Level II data Improved 2D velocity dealiasing (PRF sectors, 1 m/s mode, tuning) Tune RPG Dual Pol algorithms to address performance issues –Extend SAILS to result in 2, 3, or 4 low-elevation scans per volume Assumes successful internal and field testing with Build 15 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

Level II network sites and content –Add remaining 8 CONUS DoD sites (Completed in May 2013) Bandwidth supports transmitting full resolution and Dual Pol data (Version 6) –Alaska sites (Version 6) Kenai, Middleton Island, King Salmon, and Bethel began in September 2013 Sitka, and Fairbanks/Nome to begin in February, and March 2014 –Guam (Version 6) Will begin in February –Version 7 sites (~9 CONUS DoD and 4 Hawaii FAA) Change to send Version 6: DOD with Build 15 (or sooner), and Hawaii FAA (tbd) Level II throughput (Build 14 estimate) –Single site throughput 50 to 480 kilo bits/second (hourly avg) –Network throughput 2 to 23 mega bits/second (hourly avg) –Throughput spread depends on weather coverage, VCP, season, and number of sites simultaneously in a VCP and/or with AVSET/SAILS enabled 77 Level II Status and Plans 7 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

Dual Pol products not yet available from Fairbanks, Nome –Install OpsNet for AWIPS WAN at Fairbanks WFO’s (March 2014) Incomplete product suite from Paducah (KPAH, KVWX, KHPX) –From May-Sept 2013, when these radars were in VCP 11, 12, 211, 212, dropped Dual Pol elevation based products: Zdr, CC, Kdp, HCA, ML above 0.5 degrees Dual Pol 24 hour rainfall and QPE difference (one-hour and storm total) Base Velocity above 1.8 degrees and Storm Relative Velocity above 2.5 degrees –Add OpsNet bandwidth for AWIPS WAN at Paducah WFO (completed 9/26) RPCCDS product latency during peak summer hours –Observed while loads >133K products/hr and >2.5 G bytes/hour. –TOC plans to move the RPCCDS to a faster virtual server 88 Level 3 Status and Plans 8 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

99 Other Program Plans Retirement of 3 base products from NOAAport and RPCCDS moved back –Lowest elevation 4-bit base reflectivity (19/R, 20/R) and velocity (27/V) –Reference NWS TIN (Amended), Turn Off Date for WSR-88D Low- Resolution Products Extended to 12/3/14 TDWR – SPG –GSM expansion to 200 bytes (SPG Build 6.0, Deploy July 2014) –FAA installed new signal processor at all 45 TDWRs Users may notice better data quality and increased sensitivity FAA’s Build 2 (~9+ months away) to provide improved range/velocity aliasing –No SPG Level II distribution changes planned –NOAAport and RPCCDS distribution of VCP80 rapid scan update products TIN notified of an evaluation that started April 12, 2012 with 11 radars and TIN 13-3 notified that 7 radars were added February 27, 2013 –1 minute surface elevation base products –3 minute storm products and 3 rd elevation base products –Increases since single site max throughput by 2.5X to around 42 kbps Evaluating impacts on affected systems, will announce next steps in /6/2014 FOS Meeting

10 WSR-88D Data and Product User Support Many changes in Level II Data, Level III products, Dual Pol, higher-resolution data, etc. underway: –Please keep checking for NWS TINs and PNSs –ROC web site contains TINs, PNSs, additional information Level II and Level III products and Interface Control Documents – 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

Training –Initial Dual-Polarization Training for NWS Partners Courses for meteorologists and non-meteorologists –Follow-on Dual Polarization Radar Training WDTB Storm of the Month and Q&A interchange webinars were terminated Sessions were “post processed” into “Dual Pol Best Practices” modules Additional information –Project information, Dual Pol sample data/products, and Interface Control Document 11 Dual Pol Information 11 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

12 Additional Information Project Information: WSR-88D New Radar Technologies – Project updates and other Level II information: – NWS Real-Time Level II Data Monitoring Site: – NWS Real-Time Level III Product Site Status: – NWS RPCCDS Information for product users: – Build specific training materials: – 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

13 Additional Information NCDC Radar Resources: Order Level II and Level III Archive Data Via FTP, Use NCDC Java Viewer to View Level II and Level III Archive Data, etc. – Run RPG Software, LINUX Platform: The Common Operations and Development Environment (CODE) – Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 (FMH-11) Part A Updated for Build 12.1 available electronically at: – under “WSR-88D Program” Follow-up questions to: 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

14 Backup Slides 142/6/2014 FOS Meeting

15 Current Level 3 Throughput Single Site NEXRAD Dual Pol and TDWR SPG 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

16 Current Level 3 Throughput Network Total (156 WSR-88D and 45 TDWR SPG) 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

17 Elevation and Volume Scan Timing VCP 212 with SAILS, AVSET, and Auto-PRF 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

18 Versions of Level II Data Starting in RPG Build 12.1, RDA will always provide –Reflectivity data at 250 meter range resolution –Velocity and Spectrum Width to 300 km max range (< 70 kft altitude) Version numbers indicate type of data –Meaning of Version 3 changed with RPG Build 12.1 Plan for Dual Pol –NWS and CONUS DoD WSR-88Ds to provide version 6 –FAA WSR-88Ds will provide version 6, but Hawaii will be version 7 –Other Versions in special cases Degraded data characteristics driven by NWS comms funding availability 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

19 WSR-88D Dual Pol Level III 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting

20 WSR-88D Dual Pol Level III 2/6/2014 FOS Meeting