ATRAD logo

ATRAD


ABN 72 112 121 801

ATRAD installations

Sydney Airport, Australia

Radar site location: 34S, 152E

Radars present:


VHF boundary layer radar

Specifications

Customer: Bureau of Meteorology
Mode: Boundary Layer, spaced antenna
Frequency:55 MHz
Peak Power (kW): 7.5
Installation date: October 1999
ATRAD supplied:all components
Web site:Bureau of Meteorology web page
Results: Latest hour and 24 hour results
Site photos: Sydney VHF radar site photos

References

Vincent, R. A., S. Dullaway, A. D. MacKinnon, I. M. Reid, F. Zink., P. T. May, and B. H. Johnson, A VHF boundary layer radar: First Results, Radio Sci. , 33(4), 845 - 860, 1998.
N. A. Crook and J. Sun,
Assimilating Radar, Surface, and Profiler Data for the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project.,
Journal of Atmospheric and oceanic technology, 19(6), 888-898, 2002