Accomplishments, challenges and opportunities in developing network based radar systems for high-impact small-scale weather events

Author

Chandrasekar, V. ; Wang, Yanting ; Lim, Sanghun ; Junyent, Francesc ; Bharadwaj, Nitin ; McLaughlin, David ; Philips, Brenda ; Zink, Mike ; Lyons, Eric ; Westbrook, David ; Brotzge, Jerry ; Cruz-Pol, Sandra

Author_Institution

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

23-27 May 2011

Firstpage

1056

Lastpage

1061

Abstract

CASA (Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere) is an NSF Engineering Research Center dedicated to revolutionizing our ability to observe, understand, predict, and respond to hazardous weather events, especially in the lower atmosphere. The center has pursued an innovative densely networked sensing paradigm, called DCAS (Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing), to overcome the resolution and coverage limitations of traditional weather radars using low cost, densely networked radar systems. CASA built a demonstration testbed (IP1) where the CASA concepts were successfully demonstrated. The accomplishments, challenges and opportunities for further activities of the CASA IP1 testbed are described, along with lessons learned.

Keywords

meteorological radar; CASA; DCAS; NSF engineering research center; demonstration testbed; developing network; distributed collaborative adaptive sensing; high impact small-scale weather event; radar system; Meteorological radar; Sensors; Storms; Tornadoes; Wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference (RADAR), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Kansas City, MO

ISSN

1097-5659

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8901-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2011.5960697

Filename

5960697