Event on August 9, 2010

X-band radars at UPRMX-band radars at UPRM NEXRAD (S-band)NEXRAD (S-band)

Advantage Advantage of of short-range short-range (X-band) versus (X-band) versus long-rangelong-range (S-band) (S-band): better sampling of lower atmosphere: better sampling of lower atmosphere

CASA Off-The-Grid Radar Network Test Bed

Engineering Research Center for Collaborative and Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

NWS Statement Summary“We fully support this idea (a new Meteorological Weather Radar Center at UPRM) for various reasons as follows:

First, this radar project is an off network project (by-product) of the CASA Project which has a very high visibility and expectations among the NWS, the private sector and the research community. The professors and students from Mayagüez have done an exceptional job in developing and getting three radars in full operations to date, which is not an easy tasks. Our Office was able to use one of these radars to support the XXI Central American and Caribbean Sport Games.

Second, we are in the process of validating the output of these radars with the NWS Doppler radar. This entails quite a bit of work and collaboration with our Office. In this process, the students will greatly benefit from the knowledge and experience of our meteorologists and at the same time our staff will benefit from the research activities done at the university. The proposed Center with is conference room would greatly help in this endeavor.

Third, our Doppler Radar is scheduled to be converted into a Dual Polarization Radar by the end of 2011 which will also required additional training of our staff. It is possible that the students can take advantage of this training so they will be better fitted to analyze our radar and their radar outputs.

Fourth, from the beginning of this project our Office was targeted as the main user of these radars and therefore as these and additional radars become operational we need to collaborated further with the UPRM and these requested new space/Center will not only facilitate but will enhance this collaboration.”

- Israel Matos, Meteorologist-in-ChargeWFO San Juan, PR

Puerto Rico OTG Radar Network Test Bed

Jorge Trabal, TI Student LeaderDr. Sandra Cruz-Pol, UPRM PIDr. José Colom, UPRM Faculty

November 11, 2010Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport

CASA Focus Area Proposal