What is IP5?
Integrative Project Five (IP5) is
an end-to-end test bed of the National Science Foundation's Center for
Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA). IP5
is designed to connect end-users (NWS, emergency managers) to a network of weather
radars in the field to enable targeted sampling of the low-level (0 - 3 km) atmosphere.
IP5 is comprised of four X-band (3 cm)
radars, each with a beamwidth of 1.8 degrees and a range of 40
km.
KRSP, KLWE, KSAO, KCYR Operational!
The four radars of IP5, located at
Chickasha (KSAO), Cyril (KCYR), Lawton (KLWE), and Rush Springs (KRSP)
are operational with each radar collecting data in real-time. Signal processing includes
single radar attenuation correction and clutter filtering. The system is operated
in DCAS (Distributed Collaborative Adaptives Sensing) mode, with radar scanning dynamically
adjusted in real-time. Detection algorithms identify significant radar features, and
this feature information is then passed to an optimization process that defines a scanning
strategy based on competing end-user needs.
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