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In addition, there is an excellent agreement between the radar winds over Piura andwinds obtained from the NCEP Reanalysis model [Kalnat et at., 1996]. In Figure 5 we showNCEP data for every 6 hours while BLT data are shown for every 1 hour for both Piura (left)and Porcuya (right). At Porcuya the agreement is not as good. We think this is because themodel does not have any input data from close by stations and therefore it does not representwell the winds over this part of the Andes. The assimilation of the Porcuya winds will help themodel outputs of the NCEP model around these areas.4. ConclusionsFigure 5. BLT-NCEP Comparison. Left: Piura (Apr, 2002). Right: Porcuya (Dec, 2002)The winds obtained <strong>with</strong> the newly installed BLT system at Piura are in very goodagreement <strong>with</strong> winds obtained <strong>with</strong> the collated ST radar and pilot balloon system. In addition,there is excellent agreement <strong>with</strong> the winds from NCEP Reanalysis model. The discrepancyobserved at Porcuya between the BLT and NCEP could be due the poor representation of thispart of the Andes by the NCEP model. The assimilation of the Porcuya data will help improvethe model outputs.Currently the BLT winds from Piura are available in real time at the IGP web page andat the NOAA Forecast Laboratory web page. Winds from Porcuya are made available via thesame web pages once a month, but we are working on a solution to send them in real timethrough the GOES system.5. BibliographyBriggs, B. H., The analysis of spaced sensor records by correlation techniques, in Handbookfor the Middle Atmospheric Program, pp. 166-186, SCOSTEP Secr. Univ. of Ill., Urbana,1984.Chau, J.L., R.F. Woodman, and L. A. Flores. Statistical characteristics of low-latitudeionospheric field-aligned irregularities obtained <strong>with</strong> the Piura VHF radar, AnnGeophysicae, 20(8), 1203-1212, 2002.Gage, K. S., B. B. Balsley, W.L. Ecklund, D. A. Carter, and J. R. McAfee, Wind pro<strong>file</strong>rrelatedresearch in tropical Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3209-3220, 1991.Kalnay et al., The NCEP/NCAR 40-year Reanalysis Project, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 77, 437-471, 1996Palo, S.E. , J. L. Chang, S. K. Avery, A. C. Riddle, and K. S. Gage, Detection of Outliers inStratospheric / Tropospheric Wind Velocity Estimates, Seventh Workshop on Scientificand Technical Aspects of MST Radar, 237-240, 1996IGP Database : http://jro.igp.gob.pe/database/blt_cns/bltrdata.htmlNOAA Forecast Lab Database: http://www.pro<strong>file</strong>r.noaa.gov/jsp/pro<strong>file</strong>r.jsp?options=full360

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