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ADVANCES IN WIND PROFILER RADAR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Operating Principals Wind profilers Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology Z E W S N

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Wind Profiler Architecture Wind profilers Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology PCA: one spectra/beam (typically 30 sec) PCT: one profile (typically 3 to 5 min)

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Wind profilers 4 September 14,2004 Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology Wind Barb Display (3 min. update) Degreane Other Degreane airport installations include: Singapore,Ujung Pandang, Hanoi, Bamako, Nice, Marseille,Kuala Lumpur, Beirut, Ouagadougou... Wind Shear tracking Initial Wind Shear detection

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Wind profilers 5 September 14,2004 Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology Profile Display (3 min. update) Increasing Wind Speed Wind Shear increasing and moving downward

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Boundary Layer Wind profilers Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology

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Wind profilers Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology Rain Ice Bright Band

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Wind profilers Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology Downpour exceeding 100 mm/hr

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Wind Shear Detection/AlarmInterpolation Information Head & Tail Wind InformationPilot message Additional Functions Wind profilers Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology

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Airport systems 10 September 14,2004 Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology Wind Profiler Server + Displays

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Airport systems 11 September 14,2004 Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology PCAPCT End User Displays Server / Processing PCAPCT DB PCA: radar acquisition + Micro Burst detection PCT: wind calculations + Wind Shear detection Server/Processing: integrates all of the data into MUKLIMO (Microscale Urban CLImate Model) End User Displays: graphical display of Processing results furnished by Server / Processing

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Airport systems 12 September 14,2004 Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology PCAPCT End User Displays Server / Processing PCAPCT DB AMOS

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Wind profilers Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology

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Conclusions 14 WPRs are being deployed increasingly world wide: On airports (more than 15) ; In networks: US (33, 400 MHz), Japan (25, 1 GHz), Korea (10, 1 GHz), UK (2, 50MHz; 3, 1 GHz), Germany (4, 400 MHz), France(1, 50 MHz; 2 1 GHz). WPRs are providing more than just winds (wind shear, turbulence, tke, Cn, BL height, precipitation information (convective/stratiform), virtual temperature) to multiple end users simultaneously. September 14,2004 Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology Conclusions

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Conclusion 15 September 14,2004 Degreane Horizon : the latest in Weather Observation Technology Thank You for your Attention