Doppler Weather Radar - METNET - India Meteorological Department

Preface
Introduction
Definitions
Purpose
Objectives
Scope
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER 1 MONITORING OF DWR SYSTEM 1-25
1.0 Safety of personnel and equipment and first aid and emergency rescue 1
1.0.1 Safety Precautions for all the A/C Plants 1
1.0.2 Safety Precautions for UPS 1
1.0.3 Safety Precautions for Generator 2
1.1 Radar and its equipment switch on procedure 2
1.2 Radar and its equipment switch off procedures 4
1.3 Bringing Radar to “STANDBY” & REVERTING (for few minutes 6
1.4 Monitoring DWR system and checking radar status 6
1.5 Precautions for VPN connectivity 8
1.6 Connection among modem, router and switch box 8
1.6.1 Lighting Status of Modem, Router and Switch Box in Working 8
Condition
1.6.2 Connections of vpn circuit 9
1.6.3 Checking VPN connectivity 10
1.6.3.1 If products not getting updated on IMD website only 10
1.6.3.2 If the products are not getting updated on FTP-server and IMD website 10
1.6.4 Logical flow diagram for checking VPN connectivity 12
1.7 To get back the products received at ftp server 13
1.8 Copying of raw product from a server 14
1.9 Configuring and scheduling of a scan strategy 14
1.9.1 Checking whether new scan strategy is working 17
1.10 Procedure for generation of dwr products 18
1.10.1 Adding, removing scheduled products 22
1.10.2 Editing the product configuration of the schedule products 22
1.10.3 Scheduling and stopping product generation 23
1.11 How to see other radar site archival raw data at your local computer 23
1.12 Uploading products on India Meteorological Department’s Website 23
1.13 Sequence of actions in case of radar breakdown 24
1.14 Standardizing a product 25
Table 1.1 Connection of Switch Box 9
Figure 1.1 Radar operating panels 2
Figure 1.2 Picture of Tx panel showing indicators when radar is in function 4
Figure 1.3 Emergency stop 5
Figure 1.4 Creating real time display on desktop of server 7
Figure 1.5 Modem, router front side and switch box back side view 8
Figure 1.6 Modem, router back side and switch box front side view 9
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