Cairns Airport

Radar Information
Radar name Cairns Airport Country 036 - Australia
WSI code 0-21010-0-498 Station operating status Closed
Supervising organization Bureau of Meteorology Station Type Land (fixed)
Installation date 1962-01-01 Region of origin of data Australia/Oceania
Latitude -16.8736 Longitude 145.7458
Elevation 3m Tower height 6
Owner name Australian Bureau of Meteorology Manufacturer EEC (Enterprise Electronics Corporation)
Time zone Antarctica/Macquarie Spatial extent Volume
Communication method Frequency Band C
Frequency Beam width 1.70
Peak power Pulse width 1-2-3-4 2.00         
Pulse repetation frequency min 250 Pulse repetation frequency max
Signal processor BoM In-house proprietary software TX/RX type Magnetron    A
Polarization S Lowest & Highest angle   
Task cycle time min Task cycle time max
Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBM) Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBZ)
Summer reflectivity [Z-R]    Status of Observation
Winter reflectivity [Z-R]    Sampling strategy continuous
Other reflectivity [Z-R]    Instrument Status
Level Of Data Reference time
Schedule of international exchange 0
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Radar Data Exchange (Organizations)
Organization Name Data Format
Products Composite Software
Radar Data Exchange (Bilateral)
Binary Format Binary Products
Radar Data Dissemination
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