Weipa

Radar Information
Radar name Weipa Country 036 - Australia
WSI code 0-20010-0-94170 Station operating status Operational
Supervising organization Bureau of Meteorology Station Type Land (fixed)
Installation date 2002-01-01 Region of origin of data Australia/Oceania
Latitude -12.6664 Longitude 141.9247
Elevation 19m Tower height 23
Owner name Australian Bureau of Meteorology Manufacturer EEC (Enterprise Electronics Corporation)
Time zone Antarctica/Macquarie Spatial extent Volume
Communication method Frequency Band C
Frequency 5640 Beam width 1.00
Peak power 250.0 Pulse width 1-2-3-4 0.50    0.80    1.00    2.00
Pulse repetation frequency min 399 Pulse repetation frequency max 1000
Signal processor BoM In-house proprietary software TX/RX type Magnetron    D
Polarization S Lowest & Highest angle 0.5    32.00
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/IDR783.loop.shtml#skip
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