Figure 1
A schematic detailing the potential processing steps from radar and lidar data collection to final products or data visualization.
Figure 2
The RadxVol data structure, displaying one volume (top), sweep (middle), and ray (bottom). RadxVol is typically stored as a 1-D array. The RadxSweep, RadxRay, and RadxField pointers provide access to the individual sweeps, rays, and fields.
Table 1
List of principal LROSE applications and descriptions. Superscripts indicate the group(s) into which applications are classified: aConvert, bGrid, cEcho, dQC, eWind, and fDisplay.
| APPLICATION NAME(S) | CATEGORY |
|---|---|
| RadxPrint, RadxConverta, RadxBufra | Data inspection and format conversion |
| Radx2Gridb | Cartesian transformation |
| RadxKdpc, RadxPidc,d, RadxHcac | Particle and hydrometeor
identification based on fuzzy logic approaches |
| RadxRatec,d, RadxBeamBlockc, RadxQpec, PrecipAccumc, QpeVerifyc | Quantitative precipitation estimation |
| RefractComputec, CalcMoisturec, RefractCalib | Moisture field estimation |
| Eccoc | Convective-stratiform partitioning |
| TITANc, OpticalFlow, ctrec, StormInitLocation, ScaleSep, Tracks2Ascii, Tstorms2Xml | Storm analysis, nowcasting |
| RadxQcd, RadxFilterd, RadxDealiasd, RadxClutterd | Quality Control |
| RadxEvade, Vortrace | Single-Doppler retrievals |
| FRACTLe, SAMURAIe | Multi-Doppler retrievals |
| HawkEyef, CIDDf, Rviewf, TimeHistf, Jazzf, Emeraldf | Displays |
| RadxMergeFields, RadxMergeVols | CfRadial file manipulation |
| RadxDiffFields, RadxDiffVol, RadxStats | CfRadial file comparisons and statistics |
| Grib2toMdv, NetCDF2Mdv, NcGeneric2Mdv, Wrf2Mdv | Ancillary data format conversion |
| Mdv2SoundingSpdb, BomSounding2Spdb, CsuSounding2Spdb, SpdbQuery | Sounding extraction and conversion |
| RadarConst, RadarCal, SunCal, TsCalAuto, RadxClutMon, RadxSunMon | Calibration |
Figure 3
Screenshot of HawkEye application displaying raw radar data in polar coordinates.