Re: [idvusers] Help with Averaging NexRad scans over time.

Anyone? Little help?

Ben Kamen wrote:

ok - so then let me know if this is possible:

I assume we are agreed on what a "gate" is....

Set up two arrays of two dimensions each (az, ra). Range wants to be
even km for REF, of course. Az can be any resolution. Even degrees
(0-359) is convenient and is assumed below. The two arrays hold the
data for averaging one elevation for >1 scan (so two dimensions are
enough, but that is a detail).

SumZ    Holds the sum of Z (not dBZ) for all gates and portions of gates
that fall in that azimuth and range. N  Holds the number of gates that
have contributed to SumZ. This is not usually an integer.

Most Nexrad gates will have azimuths that are not even integers. (An
azimuth such as 15.000 degrees is an edge case in the coding.) The
procedure is to convert each range gate's dBZ value to Z and compute
what two SumZ azimuths it overlaps. Then run along the ranges. Add
z*p and z*(1-p) to the two elements of SumZ. Add p and (1-p) to the
two elements of N.

After all the desired scans have been summed in this way, divide SumZ
by N to get average Z and convert to dBZ for displaying.

Can that be done in IDV?

Thanks!

-Ben

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