{"id":2254,"date":"2014-04-21T09:20:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2016-05-06T11:52:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:52:31","slug":"2014-multi-function-phased-array-radar-software-upgrade-spring-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/2014\/04\/2014-multi-function-phased-array-radar-software-upgrade-spring-release\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Multi-function Phased Array Radar software upgrade: Spring release"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2256\" style=\"width: 727px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2256 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2014\/04\/NWRT_Ref_Wed_Mar_26_10_01_55_CDT_2014.png\" alt=\"Example of integrated display of weather and aviation information with the multifunction NWRT PAR.\" width=\"727\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2014\/04\/NWRT_Ref_Wed_Mar_26_10_01_55_CDT_2014.png 727w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2014\/04\/NWRT_Ref_Wed_Mar_26_10_01_55_CDT_2014-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2014\/04\/NWRT_Ref_Wed_Mar_26_10_01_55_CDT_2014-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2014\/04\/NWRT_Ref_Wed_Mar_26_10_01_55_CDT_2014-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2014\/04\/NWRT_Ref_Wed_Mar_26_10_01_55_CDT_2014-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of integrated display of weather and aviation information with the multifunction NWRT PAR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As severe weather approaches central Oklahoma this spring, NSSL\/Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies researchers will be using a new version of the operational software that runs on the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar (NWRT PAR) to study fast-changing storms. The MPARSUP (MPAR Software Upgrades Project) team has released Spring 2014 upgrade that enables multifunction capabilities, and adds new signal processing and adaptive scanning functionalities.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights for the spring 2014 release include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>aircraft detection and tracking algorithms that are robust in the presence of weather and ground clutter<\/li>\n<li>adaptive scheduling of weather and aviation functions using interlaced scans<\/li>\n<li>integrated radar data displays that show both aircraft and weather information<\/li>\n<li>adaptive vertical sampling of storms based on how far they are from the radar<\/li>\n<li>radial-by-radial pulse-repetition-time adjustment based on how far storms are from the radar<\/li>\n<li>adaptive definition of focused weather scans based on how far storms are from the radar<\/li>\n<li>improved performance of range oversampling techniques that lead to radar update time reductions of 50% while maintaining the precision of the data<\/li>\n<li>development of Staggered Pulse Repetition Time (SPRT) processing mode to improve wind velocity measurements (non-operational)<\/li>\n<li>significant improvements to the radar user interface<\/li>\n<li>radar-data-distribution infrastructure to process returns from weather and aviation scans in real-time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These software upgrades will continue to improve the capabilities of the NWRT and demonstrate the benefits of PAR technology for improved weather observations in a multifunction environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As severe weather approaches central Oklahoma this spring, NSSL\/Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies researchers will be using a new version of the operational software that runs on the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar (NWRT PAR) to study fast-changing storms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":2256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[182,306,445,449],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-news","tag-hot-items","tag-mparsup","tag-software-upgrade","tag-spring"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3730,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions\/3730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}