Chapter 1 Environmental Satellites

• Figure 1-1.—Satellite Inclination.
• Figure 1-3.—Day-Ascending And Night-Ascending Polar Orbits.
• Types Of Environmental Satellites
• Geostationary Satellites
• Polar Orbiting Satellites
• Figure 1-8.—Data Coverage On Successive Orbits Of A Polar-Orbiting Satellite.
• Dmsp Satellites
• Satellite Imagery
• Types Of Imagery
• Visual Imagery
• Figure 1-12.—Goes Visual Image On Left Compared To Goes Infrared
• Water Vapor Imagery
• Imagery Enhancement
• Figure 1-14.—Processed Goes Infrared Images With Temperatures Added To Gray-Shade Scale.
• Figure 1-15.—Illustration Of A Basic Enhancement Curve Table.
• Figure 1-16.—Single Enhancement Curve.
• Goes Legend Information
• Figure 1-19.—The Goes Mb Enhancement Curve.
• Figure 1-20.—A Goes 8 Ec1 Infrared Sector Taken At 2145 Utc, June 21,1995.
• Methods Of Acquiring Imagery
• Direct-Readout Service
• Figure 1-21. Typical Aptv Visual And Infrared Image Pair From A Noaa Satellite
• Figure 1-22.—Hrpt Imagery.
• Wefax Service
• Figure 1-23.—Geostationary Satellite Antenna-Aiming Diagram.
• Satellite Receiver Systems
• Imoss Satellite Module
• Figure 1-25.—An/Smq-11 Dual Frequency Array Antenna.
• Ephemeris Information
• Noaa Apt Predict Bulletins (Tbus)
• Table 1-2.—Typical Noaa Apt Predict Bulletin
• Table 1-3.—Explanation Of Important Tbus Bulletin Elements
• Nasa Two-Line Data
• Table 1-5.—Explanation Of Nasa Two-Line Bulletin Elements
• Table 1-7.—C–Element Orbital Data Message
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Chapter 2 Weather Radar

• Properties Of Electromagnetic Waves
• Wavelength
• Basic Radar Configuration
• Principles Of Radar Propagation
• Radar Pulse Characteristics
• Range Ambiguity
• Radar Beam Characteristics
• Radar Resolution
• Range Resolution
• Factors Affecting Radar Propagation
• Refraction
• Superrefraction
• Diffraction
• Ground Clutter
• Principles Of Doppler Radar
• Phase Shift
• Radial Velocity
• Velocity Aliasing
• Nyquist Velocity
• Doppler Dilemma
• Wsr-88d System Fundamentals
• Rda Subcomponents
• Figure 2-26.—Wsr-88d Radar Data Acquisition (Rda).
• Rda Special Processes
• Figure 2-28.—Wsr-88d Radar Product Generator (Rpg).
• Radar Product Generator (Rpg)
• Unit Control Position (Ucp)
• System Users
• System Communications
• National Weather Radar Network (Nwrn)
• Volume Coverage Patterns
• Wsr-88d Products
• Base Products
• Figure 2-32. Base Reflectivity Product
• Weak Echo Regions (Wer)
• Figure 2-34 .—Thunderstorm Cell Exhibiting
• Base Velocity (Vel) Product
• Figure 2-36.—(A) Vertical Wind Profile,
• Derived Products
• Figure 2-37.—Composite Reflectivity (Cr) Product.
• Figure 2-38.—Velocity Integrated Liquid (Vil) Product.
• Vad Wind Profile (Vwp) Product
• Figure 2-39.—Vad Wind Profile (Vwp) Product.
• Figure 2-40.—Echo Tops (Et) Product
• Severe Weather Probability (Swp) Product
• Figure 2-41.—Severe Weather Probability Product.
• Storm Track Information (Sti) Product
• Hail Index (Hi) Product
• Figure 2-44.—Storm Track Information (Sti) Product.
• Reflectivity Cross-Section (Rcs) Product
• Figure 2-45.—Hail Index (Hi) Product.
• Figure 2-46.—Reflectivity Cross-Section (Rcs) Product.
• Figure 2-47.—Velocity Cross-Section (Vcs) Product.
• Wsr-88d Publications

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Appendix I Glossary

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Appendix Ii Octants Of The Globe

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Appendix Iii Refractive Index

Appendix Iv Definitions And Symbols Of Radar Coded Message Components

Appendix V References Used To Develop The Traman

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