November 12, 2007

S-Pol Blockage Simulations for Taiwan

Here are blockage pattern simulation results for the two proposed TiMREX S-Pol sites, Air Force Academy and Levee. AFA has less blockage overall, but Levee has a nice view up the river valley. Both blockage patterns are much worse than anything we saw in NAME. It may be difficult to perform QPE in the eastern sector, beyond about 50 km range.

AFA 0.5-deg Elevation
AFA 1.0-deg Elevation
AFA 1.5-deg Elevation
AFA 2.0-deg Elevation
AFA 2.5-deg Elevation
AFA 3.0-deg Elevation

Levee 0.5-deg Elevation
Levee 1.0-deg Elevation
Levee 1.5-deg Elevation
Levee 2.0-deg Elevation
Levee 2.5-deg Elevation
Levee 3.0-deg Elevation
Levee 3.5-deg Elevation
Levee 4.0-deg Elevation
Levee 4.5-deg Elevation

NCAR TiMREX website

Posted by Timothy at November 12, 2007 04:43 PM