Profilers & Surface Gauges NE Corner of Stuart Hwy & McMillans 2835-MHz Precip. Profiler: km 920-MHz Wind Profiler: km 50-MHz Wind Profiler: 2-8 km Joss-Waldvogel Disdrometer Two Rain Gauges ARM Site 50-MHz Boundary Layer Radar: km

2835-MHz Profiler Vertical Beam (only) Precipitation Mode (60 m Pulse) Reflectivity Doppler Velocity Velocity Variance

2835-MHz Profiler Vertical Beam (only) Cloud Mode (500 m Pulse) Reflectivity Doppler Velocity Velocity Variance

920-MHz Profiler Vertical Beam (North or East) Reflectivity Doppler Velocity Velocity Variance

50-MHz Profiler Vertical Beam (North or East) Reflectivity Doppler Velocity Velocity Variance

Surface Disdrometer and Rain Gauges Disdrometer Reflectivity Disdrometer Rain Rate Rain Accumulations

50-MHz and 2835-MHz Spectra Air Motion Hydrometeor

Observed D 0 - Z DR D 0 Retrieved from profiler pair Z DR Estimated from CPOL Brandes et al. (2004): D 0 = 0.171Z DR Z DR Z DR Bringi et al. (2002): D 0 = 1.81Z DR D 0 -Z DR Regression: 1.38 Z DR 0.547

Vertical Air Motion 50-MHz profiler Estimate updraft and downdraft statistics during convection – we have multiple years of data to analyze

50-MHz Boundary Layer Radar – ARM site Low altitude mode (0 – 3 km)

50-MHz Boundary Layer Radar – ARM site High altitude mode (2 – 8 km)