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Bankhead National Forest - RadClss Example

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Bankhead National Forest - RadClss Example

Overview

The Extracted Radar Columns and In-Situ Sensors (RadClss) Value-Added Product (VAP) is a dataset containing in-situ ground observations matched to CSAPR-2 radar columns above ARM Mobile Facility (AMF-3) supplemental sites of interest.

RadCLss is intended to provide a dataset for algorthim development and validation of precipitation retrievals.

Prerequisites

ConceptsImportanceNotes
Intro to CartopyNecessary
Understanding of NetCDFHelpfulFamiliarity with metadata structure
GeoPandasNecessaryFamiliarity with Geospatial Plotting
Py-ART / Radar FoundationsNecessaryBasics of Weather Radar
  • Time to learn: 30 minutes

Current List of Supported Sites of Interest

SiteLatLon
M134.34525-87.33842
S434.46451-87.23598
S2034.65401-87.29264
S3034.38501-86.92757
S4034.17932-87.45349
S1034.343611-87.350278

Pending List of Supported Sites of Interest

SiteLatLon
S1334.343889-87.350556
S1434.343333-87.350833
BNF Sensors
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Define Processing Variables

Define Functions

Find / Download In-Situ Files

[DOWNLOADING] bnfmetM1.b1.20250305.000000.cdf

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
(MET), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term
Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1).
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility.
https://doi.org/10.5439/1786358

[DOWNLOADING] bnfmetS20.b1.20250305.000000.cdf

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
(MET), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term
Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility at
Courtland (S20). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility.
https://doi.org/10.5439/1786358

[DOWNLOADING] bnfmetS30.b1.20250305.000000.cdf

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
(MET), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term
Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility at
Falkville (S30). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility.
https://doi.org/10.5439/1786358

[DOWNLOADING] bnfmetS40.b1.20250305.000000.cdf

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
(MET), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term
Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility at
Double Springs (S40). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility.
https://doi.org/10.5439/1786358

[DOWNLOADING] bnfsondewnpnM1.b1.20250305.172900.cdf
[DOWNLOADING] bnfsondewnpnM1.b1.20250305.233000.cdf

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Keeler, E., Burk, K., & Kyrouac, J. Balloon-Borne Sounding System (SONDEWNPN),
2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile
Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1). Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. https://doi.org/10.5439/1595321

[DOWNLOADING] bnfwbpluvio2M1.a1.20250305.000000.nc

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Zhu, Z., Wang, D., Jane, M., Cromwell, E., Sturm, M., Irving, K., & Delamere, J.
Weighing Bucket Precipitation Gauge (WBPLUVIO2), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05,
Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead
National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
(ARM) User Facility. https://doi.org/10.5439/1338194

[DOWNLOADING] bnfldquantsM1.c1.20250305.000000.nc

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Hardin, J., Giangrande, S., & Zhou, A. Laser Disdrometer Quantities (LDQUANTS),
2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile
Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1). Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. https://doi.org/10.5439/1432694

[DOWNLOADING] bnfldquantsS30.c1.20250305.000000.nc

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Hardin, J., Giangrande, S., & Zhou, A. Laser Disdrometer Quantities (LDQUANTS),
2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile
Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility at Falkville
(S30). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility.
https://doi.org/10.5439/1432694

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Locate the CMAC Processed CSAPR-2 and Extract all Radar Columns


## You are using the Python ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART), an open source
## library for working with weather radar data. Py-ART is partly
## supported by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Atmospheric
## Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, an Office of
## Science user facility.
##
## If you use this software to prepare a publication, please cite:
##
##     JJ Helmus and SM Collis, JORS 2016, doi: 10.5334/jors.119


## You are using the Python ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART), an open source
## library for working with weather radar data. Py-ART is partly
## supported by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Atmospheric
## Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, an Office of
## Science user facility.
##
## If you use this software to prepare a publication, please cite:
##
##     JJ Helmus and SM Collis, JORS 2016, doi: 10.5334/jors.119


## You are using the Python ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART), an open source
## library for working with weather radar data. Py-ART is partly
## supported by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Atmospheric
## Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, an Office of
## Science user facility.
##
## If you use this software to prepare a publication, please cite:
##
##     JJ Helmus and SM Collis, JORS 2016, doi: 10.5334/jors.119


## You are using the Python ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART), an open source
## library for working with weather radar data. Py-ART is partly
## supported by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Atmospheric
## Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, an Office of
## Science user facility.
##
## If you use this software to prepare a publication, please cite:
##
##     JJ Helmus and SM Collis, JORS 2016, doi: 10.5334/jors.119

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RadCLss Corrected Reflectivity Display

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Merge in the In-Situ Datastreams

bnfmetM1.b1
bnfmetS20.b1
bnfmetS30.b1
bnfmetS40.b1
bnfsondewnpnM1.b1
bnfwbpluvio2M1.a1
bnfldquantsM1.c1
bnfldquantsS30.c1
bnfvdisquantsM1.c1
bnfmetwxtS13.b1

Verify Data Standards

vdisquants_rain_rate
vdisquants_reflectivity_factor_cband20c
vdisquants_differential_reflectivity_cband20c
vdisquants_specific_differential_phase_cband20c
vdisquants_specific_attenuation_cband20c
vdisquants_med_diameter
vdisquants_mass_weighted_mean_diameter
vdisquants_lwc
vdisquants_total_droplet_concentration
vdisquants_mean_doppler_vel_cband20c
vdisquants_specific_differential_attenuation_cband20c
wxt_temp_mean
wxt_precip_rate_mean
wxt_cumul_precip

Save the DataSet

{'attenuation_corrected_differential_reflectivity': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'attenuation_corrected_differential_reflectivity_lag_1': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'attenuation_corrected_reflectivity_h': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'copol_correlation_coeff': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'corrected_velocity': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'corrected_differential_phase': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'filtered_corrected_differential_phase': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'corrected_specific_diff_phase': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'filtered_corrected_specific_diff_phase': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'corrected_differential_reflectivity': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'corrected_reflectivity': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'rain_rate_A': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'rain_rate_Z': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'rain_rate_Kdp': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'atmos_pressure': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'temp_mean': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'rh_mean': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'vapor_pressure_mean': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'wspd_arith_mean': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'wspd_vec_mean': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'wdir_vec_mean': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'tbrg_precip_total_corr': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_pres': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_tdry': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_dp': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_wspd': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_deg': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_rh': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_u_wind': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_v_wind': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'sonde_alt': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'intensity_rt': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'accum_rtnrt': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'accum_nrt': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'bucket_nrt': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'intensity_rtnrt': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_rain_rate': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_reflectivity_factor_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_differential_reflectivity_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_specific_differential_phase_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_specific_attenuation_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_med_diameter': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_mass_weighted_mean_diameter': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_lwc': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_total_droplet_concentration': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_mean_doppler_vel_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'ldquants_specific_differential_attenuation_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999.0}, 'vdisquants_rain_rate': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_reflectivity_factor_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_differential_reflectivity_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_specific_differential_phase_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_specific_attenuation_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_med_diameter': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_mass_weighted_mean_diameter': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_lwc': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_total_droplet_concentration': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_mean_doppler_vel_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'vdisquants_specific_differential_attenuation_cband20c': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'wxt_temp_mean': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'wxt_precip_rate_mean': {'_FillValue': -9999}, 'wxt_cumul_precip': {'_FillValue': -9999}}

References

Surface Meteorological Instrumentation (MET)

  • Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. Surface Meteorological Instrumentation (MET), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Kyrouac et al. (2021)

  • Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. Surface Meteorological Instrumentation (MET), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility at Courtland (S20). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Kyrouac et al. (2021)

  • Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. Surface Meteorological Instrumentation (MET), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility at Falkville (S30). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Kyrouac et al. (2021)

  • Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. Surface Meteorological Instrumentation (MET), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility at Double Springs (S40). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Kyrouac et al. (2021)

Balloon-Borne Sounding System (SONDEWNPN)

  • Keeler, E., Burk, K., & Kyrouac, J. Balloon-Borne Sounding System (SONDEWNPN), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Keeler et al. (2022)

Weighing Bucket Preciptiation Gauge (WBPLUVIO2)

  • Zhu, Z., Wang, D., Jane, M., Cromwell, E., Sturm, M., Irving, K., & Delamere, J. Weighing Bucket Precipitation Gauge (WBPLUVIO2), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Zhu et al. (2016)

Laser Disdrometer Quantities (LDQUANTS)

  • Hardin, J., Giangrande, S., & Zhou, A. Laser Disdrometer Quantities (LDQUANTS), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Hardin et al. (2019)

  • Hardin, J., Giangrande, S., & Zhou, A. Laser Disdrometer Quantities (LDQUANTS), 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-05, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility at Falkville (S30). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Hardin et al. (2019)

Video Disdrometer Quantities (VDISQUANTS)

  • Hardin, J., Giangrande, S., Fairless, T., & Zhou, A. Video Disdrometer VAP (VDISQUANTS), 2025-05-24 to 2025-05-24, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long- term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site) (M1). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Hardin et al. (2021)

Vaisala Weather Transmitter (METWXT)

  • Kyrouac, J., & Shi, Y. WXT520/530 Meteorological Instrument System (METWXT), 2025-05-24 to 2025-05-24, Bankhead National Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL, Supplemental facility for STAMP2 near Tower Site (S13). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. Kyrouac & Shi (2018)

References
  1. Kyrouac, J., Shi, Y., & Tuftedal, M. (2021). met.b1. Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). 10.5439/1786358
  2. Keeler, E., Burk, K., & Kyrouac, J. (2022). Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS), WNPN output data. Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). 10.5439/1595321
  3. Zhu, Z., Wang, D., Jane, M., Cromwell, E., Sturm, M., Irving, K., & Delamere, J. (2016). wbpluvio2.a1. Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). 10.5439/1338194
  4. Hardin, J., Giangrande, S., & Zhou, A. (2019). ldquants. Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). 10.5439/1432694
  5. Hardin, J., Giangrande, S., Fairless, T., & Zhou, A. (2021). vdisquants: Video Distrometer derived radar equivalent quantities. Retrievals from the VDIS instrument providing radar equivalent quantities, including dual polarization radar quantities (e.g., Z, Differential Reflectivity ZDR). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). 10.5439/1592683
  6. Kyrouac, J., & Shi, Y. (2018). metwxt. Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). 10.5439/1455447