Pico do Couto

Radar Information
Radar name Pico do Couto Country 076 - Brazil
WSI code 0-21010-0-527 Station operating status Operational
Supervising organization Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Station Type Land (fixed)
Installation date 2013-03-06 Region of origin of data South America
Latitude -22.4642 Longitude -43.2972
Elevation 1771m Tower height 25
Owner name DECEA Manufacturer EEC (Enterprise Electronics Corporation)
Time zone America/Araguaina Spatial extent Volume
Communication method Frequency Band S
Frequency Beam width 2.00
Peak power Pulse width 1-2-3-4 1.00    2.00      
Pulse repetation frequency min 400 Pulse repetation frequency max 600
Signal processor ENIGMA SDP - Gamic TX/RX type Magnetron    D
Polarization S Lowest & Highest angle -2.0    90.00
Task cycle time min 10.0 Task cycle time max
Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBM) Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBZ) -114
Summer reflectivity [Z-R] 227    1.31 Status of Observation
Winter reflectivity [Z-R] 150    1.23 Sampling strategy continuous
Other reflectivity [Z-R] 109    1.64 Instrument Status
Level Of Data Reference time
Schedule of international exchange 0
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