Abu Dhabi

Radar Information
Radar name Abu Dhabi Country 784 - United Arab Emirates (the)
WSI code 0-21010-0-492 Station operating status Operational
Supervising organization Meteorological Department Station Type Land (fixed)
Installation date 2011-01-01 Region of origin of data Asia
Latitude 24.3714 Longitude 54.4667
Elevation 1m Tower height 20
Owner name UAE NCMS Manufacturer Advanced Radar Company (ARC)
Time zone Asia/Dubai Spatial extent Volume
Communication method Frequency Band C
Frequency 6250 Beam width 1.00
Peak power 300.0 Pulse width 1-2-3-4 1.00         
Pulse repetation frequency min 100 Pulse repetation frequency max 1000
Signal processor DAQ TX/RX type Magnetron    D
Polarization D Lowest & Highest angle -2.0    92.00
Task cycle time min 6.0 Task cycle time max 6.0
Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBM) -112 Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBZ)
Summer reflectivity [Z-R] 200    1.60 Status of Observation
Winter reflectivity [Z-R] 200    1.60 Sampling strategy continuous
Other reflectivity [Z-R]    Instrument Status
Level Of Data Reference time
Schedule of international exchange 0
Local Web Url http://www.ncms.ae/
Radar Data Exchange (Organizations)
Organization Name NCMS Data Format MDV - (NCAR)
Products Volume data, Rain Rate, Precip 1hr and 24hr Composite Software MdvMerge2
Radar Data Exchange (Bilateral)
Binary Format MDV, NetCDF Binary Products Volume and Regional Merge
Radar Data Dissemination
Data Format Products

Location & Media