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Dual Polarization

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In the spring of 2003 the National Weather Service Office of Science and Technology tasked the National Severe Storms Laboratory with providing data collection and analysis to support a WSR-88D dual polarization decision briefing to the NEXRAD Program Management Committee. The Joint Polarization Experiment (JPOLE) project was designed to evaluate the engineering design and data quality of the polarimetric KOUN WSR-88D radar and demonstrate the utility of polarimetric radar data and products to operational users. The NSSL JPOLE experiment demonstrated the performance improvements dual polarization provided in rainfall estimates, hydrometeor classification, and general data quality.

Public Announcements

  • Click here to view the Initial System Differential Phase (ISDP) Offset/Correction, st22 document (PDF) which discusses the ISDP calibration and potential impacts to products if this calibration is incorrect.

  • Click here to view the NWS Technical Implementation Notice 11-22, Amended of Sep 2, 2011, Subject: Amended: WSR-88D Dual Polarization Modification beginning September 12, 2011.

  • Click here to view NWS TIN 10-23, dated 19 May 2010, ADDITION OF DUAL POLARIZATION WSR-88D PRODUCTS TO SBN/NOAAPORT AND RPCCDS: EFFECTIVE WITH WSR-88D DUALPOLARIZATION - NOVEMBER 2010 BETA TEST.

Click here for more WSR-88D Dual Polarization background and status.