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CASA Off-The-Grid (OTG) & NSF MRI TropiNET radars: UPRM Weather Radar Network

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.

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CASA Off-The-Grid (OTG) & NSF MRI TropiNET radars: UPRM Weather Radar Network

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  1. 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

  2. Problema Real “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

  3. Waterspout – Mayaguez Bay, Sept 2005

  4. 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 • Radarespolarimétricos, Doppler, X-band P.I.= Principal Investigator

  5. Note the improved Resolution of one Note the improved resolution UPRM Radar UPRM Radar These are upper layers These are upper layers NexRad NexRad

  6. 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)

  7. Magüe OTG Radar @UPRM OTG= Off-the-Grid Radar Nodes OTG2 • Solar Power back-up system • Wireless Point-to-Point Link Communication EWR

  8. OTG1 (4KW) OTGs OTG1 (4KW) OTG2 (25KW)

  9. The EWR radar at CROEM: solar powered EWR radar 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

  10. OTG installation at Cornelia Radar troubleshooting at CID (UPRM)

  11. OTG2 OTG1 Jul 2010 Merged Data Plots

  12. Jul 17, 2010, CAC Inauguration Day http://stb.ece.uprm.edu/NoonEvent.jsp

  13. UPRM TropiNET UPRM has the NSF MRITropiNET ($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

  14. UPRM Weather web site http://stb.ece.uprm.edu/

  15. ¡Gracias!

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