May 22, 2003: Biological Scatterers Author: Pam Heinselman, CIMMS/OU Last Updated: 10 June 2003

Forecast/Weather:

On 22 May 2003, KOUN was run during the evening and through the early morning to collect biological scatterers data. Polarimetric signatures indicate such scatterers between 2:39-10:24 UTC.

Radar Operations:

Start time: 00:06 5/22/03 UTC (19:06 5/21/03 local time)
Stop time: 10:24 5/22/03 UTC (05:24 5/22/03 local time)

Radar/Operational Status:

Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm: Warm season

Operational Delivery:

NA.

Snapshots:

Figure 1: Radar reflectivity at 5:53 UTC on 22 May 2003.	Figure 2: Differential reflectivity at 5:53 UTC on 22 May 2003.
Figure 3: Correlation coefficient at 5:53 UTC on 22 May 2003.