The NSSL\/CIMMS radar clutter filter is being transferred to the National Weather Service (NWS) for engineering evaluation as a complete ground clutter removal solution for future upgrades of the WSR-88D network. The filter is called Clutter Environment Analysis using Adaptive Processing (CLEAN-AP), and performs real-time automatic detection and suppression of ground clutter in active weather situations.<\/p>\n
Radar energy fields bounce off anything in their path, including buildings, tall trees and hills. These obstructions are known as ground clutter, and can contaminate weather signals or obscure them.<\/p>\n
The need for automatic quality control of operational radar data to improve analysis, situation awareness, and warning of hazardous weather phenomena has been recognized as a priority by the tri-agency NEXRAD program. Because data quality improvements at the source benefit all downstream products, NSSL\/CIMMS transferring of CLEAN-AP and other evolutionary signal processing techniques to the WSR-88D has been a key component of addressing such need.<\/p>\n
CLEAN-AP was successfully implemented on the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar and on the University of Oklahoma’s OU-PRIME radar before acceptance by the NWS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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