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Doppler Weather Radar - METNET - India Meteorological Department

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3.8 To copy RAW DATA 35<br />

3.9 Procedure for archiving raw data 35<br />

3.10 Procedure for finding the size of a folder 35<br />

3.11 To check availability of raw data 36<br />

3.12 How to find the sweep angles of a given product 36<br />

3.13 Script for sending the .gif images to ftp server 37<br />

3.14 To send a configured product from main to destination 38<br />

3.15 To mount a pen drive 38<br />

3.16 Script for transgif (to send the configured products to destination in ftp 39<br />

server)<br />

3.17 How to copy the products from iris server into pen drive 40<br />

3.18 How to copy the error log files from rcp8 40<br />

3.19 Responsibilities of Station In-Charge 41<br />

3.20 Responsibilities of operator 41<br />

Figure 3.1 Checking radiation of radar 34<br />

CHAPTER 4 DWR MAINTENANCE APPROACH 43-53<br />

4.1 General Information 43<br />

4.2 Maintenance 43<br />

4.2.1 Preventive Maintenance 43<br />

4.2.2 Corrective Maintenance 45<br />

4.2.2.1 Electro-mechanical Assemblies 46<br />

4.2.2.2 Printed Circuit Cards 46<br />

4.2.2.3 Peripheral Communication Devices 46<br />

4.3 Bitex utility 46<br />

4.3.1 Bitex configuration 47<br />

4.3.2 Bitex units and their parameters 47<br />

4.3.3 Bitex data point configuration 52<br />

Screenshot 1 Opening BITEX window 47<br />

Screenshot 2 Cal Control &Results, Op. Control & RF Gen. Status 48<br />

Screenshot 3 DCU AZ & EL Status 49<br />

Screenshot 4 DCU General & Self test Status 49<br />

Screenshot 5 DAU Bytes 0-3 and 4-7 50<br />

Screenshot 6 DAU Bytes 8-11 and 12-13 50<br />

Screenshot 7 DAU Analog Status 51<br />

Screenshot 8 Histogram of Tx RF Avg. Power 51<br />

Figure 4.1 Bitex main panel when fault came 53<br />

APPENDIX A AN OVERVIEW OF DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS 54-59<br />

A.1 <strong>Doppler</strong> weather radar system overview 54<br />

A.1.1 Future IMD <strong>Radar</strong> Network plan under Modernization 55<br />

A.2 Brief introduction of WSR-98D/S <strong>Doppler</strong> <strong>Weather</strong> <strong>Radar</strong> 56<br />

A.2.1 <strong>Radar</strong> Data Acquisition (RDA) Group 56<br />

A.2.2 RVP8 Group 56<br />

A.2.3 RCP8 Group 57<br />

A.2.4 IRIS Group 57<br />

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