Thurnham

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Radar name Thurnham Country 826 - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
WSI code 0-20010-0-03771 Station operating status Operational
Supervising organization Met Office Station Type Land (fixed)
Installation date 2006-11-30 Region of origin of data Europe
Latitude 51.294754 Longitude 0.60429
Elevation 197m Tower height 23
Owner name UK Met Office Manufacturer Met Office
Time zone Europe/London Spatial extent Volume
Communication method Frequency Band C
Frequency 5630 Beam width 1.00
Peak power 250.0 Pulse width 1-2-3-4 2.00    0.50    0.00    0.00
Pulse repetation frequency min 300 Pulse repetation frequency max 1200
Signal processor Cyclops TX/RX type Magnetron    D
Polarization D Lowest & Highest angle 0.5    90.00
Task cycle time min 5.0 Task cycle time max 10.0
Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBM) -120 Minimum detectable signal of the receiver (DBZ) 0
Summer reflectivity [Z-R] 200    1.60 Status of Observation
Winter reflectivity [Z-R] 200    1.60 Sampling strategy continuous
Other reflectivity [Z-R] 0    0.00 Instrument Status
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Schedule of international exchange 1
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