Melbourne Airport

Radar Information
Radar name Melbourne Airport Country 036 - Australia
WSI code 0-21010-0-506 Station operating status Closed
Supervising organization Bureau of Meteorology Station Type Land (fixed)
Installation date 1999-01-01 Region of origin of data Australia/Oceania
Latitude -37.6656 Longitude 144.8311
Elevation 113m Tower height 8
Owner name Australian Bureau of Meteorology Manufacturer EEC (Enterprise Electronics Corporation)
Time zone Antarctica/Macquarie Spatial extent Volume
Communication method Frequency Band C
Frequency 5625 Beam width 1.70
Peak power 250.0 Pulse width 1-2-3-4 1.00    2.00      
Pulse repetation frequency min Pulse repetation frequency max 1000
Signal processor BoM In-house proprietary software TX/RX type Magnetron    A
Polarization S Lowest & Highest angle 0.5    32.00
Task cycle time min Task cycle time max 10.0
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
Local Web Url http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml#skip
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