Melbourne Laverton

Radar Information
Radar name Melbourne Laverton Country 036 - Australia
WSI code 0-20010-0-94865 Station operating status Operational
Supervising organization Bureau of Meteorology Station Type Land (fixed)
Installation date 2007-01-01 Region of origin of data Australia/Oceania
Latitude -37.8553 Longitude 144.7554
Elevation 20m Tower height 20
Owner name Australian Bureau of Meteorology Manufacturer Selex
Time zone Antarctica/Macquarie Spatial extent Volume
Communication method Frequency Band S
Frequency 2860 Beam width 1.00
Peak power 750.0 Pulse width 1-2-3-4 0.50    0.80    1.00    2.00
Pulse repetation frequency min 464 Pulse repetation frequency max 1200
Signal processor GDRX5 and GDRX-SP TX/RX type Klystron    D
Polarization D Lowest & Highest angle 0.5    90.00
Task cycle time min 5.0 Task cycle time max 5.0
Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBM) 0 Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBZ) 0
Summer reflectivity [Z-R] 0    0.00 Status of Observation
Winter reflectivity [Z-R] 0    0.00 Sampling strategy
Other reflectivity [Z-R] 0    0.00 Instrument Status
Level Of Data Reference time
Schedule of international exchange 0
Local Web Url http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.shtml#skip
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