CASA OffTheGrid OTG NSF MRI Tropi NET radars
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CASA Off-The-Grid (OTG) & NSF MRI Tropi. NET radars: UPRM Weather Radar Network Dr. Sandra Cruz-Pol and Dr. José Colom-Ustáriz Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. UPRM Colom@ece. uprm. edu Cruz. Pol@ece. uprm. edu
Problema Real “There is insufficient knowledge about what is actually happening (or is likely to happen) at the Earth’s surface where people live. ” [National Academy of Sciences, 1998] Cayey NWS radar Mayaguez
Waterspout – Mayaguez Bay, Sept 2005
UPRM Radars Two NSF projects: 1. CASA- (NSF ERC) (Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere) – P. I. - Dr. Sandra Cruz-Pol – radares Banda-X with solar-backup : OTG & EWR 2. Tropi. NET (NSF MRI)– P. I. Dr. José Colom-Ustáriz – Radares polarimétricos, Doppler, X-band P. I. = Principal Investigator
Note the improved resolution UPRM Radar Note the improved Resolution of one UPRM Radar These are upper layers Nex. Rad
Student-Led Radar Test Bed Supports the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Summer Games July 17 th – August 1 st Mayagüez, PR Contact: Jorge Trabal (jtrabal@ecs. umass. edu), José Colom (colom@ece. uprm. edu)
OTG Radar @UPRM OTG= Off-the-Grid Radar Nodes Magüe OTG 2 − Solar Power back-up system − Wireless Point-to-Point Link Communication EWR 7
OTG 1 (4 KW) OTGs OTG 2 (25 KW) OTG 1 (4 KW)
The EWR radar at CROEM: solar powered EWR radar Photovoltaic system designed for EWR, & OTGs. Can be used as • back-up or • 8 -continous hrs of operation EWR is now at UPRM on top of Stefani Bldg
OTG installation at Cornelia Radar troubleshooting at CID (UPRM)
OTG 2 OTG 1 Jul 2010 Merged Data Plots
Jul 17, 2010, CAC Inauguration Day http: //stb. ece. uprm. edu/Noon. Event. jsp
UPRM Tropi. NET UPRM has the NSF MRI Tropi. NET ($1. 8 M) for the establishment of a DCAS 3 -radar network on the west of the island. • Doppler • Polarimetric • X-band (non solar @TG) Radar sites: Lajas, Isabela, Cornelia
UPRM Weather web site http: //stb. ece. uprm. edu/
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