DATA-PROCESSING ALGORITHMS USED BY NOAAS WIND PROFILER DEMONSTRATION NETWORK

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Wind Prof iler Demonstration Network consists of 32 wind profiling radars, based primarily in the central United States. The network is being used to determine the operational feasibility and characteristics of a possibl e future nationwide profiler network. Data processing is performed bot h at the individual profiler sites and at a central hub processing sys tem. This paper documents the algorithms used at the profilers to prod uce profiles of the moments of the velocity spectrum every 6 minutes, as well as those used on the hub to produce quality-controlled hourly winds.