Karen A. Kosiba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1301 West Green Street
M/C 104
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 300-8566
kakosiba@illinois.edu
Biography
The DOW Facility is excited to join the University of Illinois to continue our mission of achieving the best possible educational opportunities and advancing observational meteorological research!
Pardon our photons as we settle in…fancier websites and more information are in the works.
Our instrumentation, including 4 radars, 3 mesonets, sounding systems, and an array of deployable surface instrumentation, are available for projects and we are already entertaining proposals for 2022, 2023, and 2024! Please email me at kakosiba@illinois.edu for more information or requests.
DOW and COW radars:
| Basic Specs | DOW 6,7 (X-band) | COW (C-band) | DOW8 (X-band) | RS-DOW (X-band) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tx Kw | 2x 250 | 2x 1000 | 250 | 40 |
| PRF | 500-6000 | |||
| Pulse Length | 0.167-1.0 us | 0.1-1.0 us | ||
| Scan Rate | 50 °/s | 24 °/s | 50 °/s | 7-s vols |
| Products | LDR, ZDR, Rho-HV, V, Z, SW, NCP, IQ | Z,V,SW,NCP, IQ | ||
| Beamwidth | 0.93° | 1.05° | 0.93° | 0.8°x0.9° |
| Gate Length | 12.5-150 m | 11-150 m |
Mesonets, Pods, & Polenet & Sounding Systems:
| PodNet | PoleNet | Mobile Mesonet | Sounding Systems | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Up to 20 | 3-12 (can share instrumentation package with PodNet) | 3 | 5 |
| Measurements | T/RH (Campbell Scientific EE181-L + Shield RAD10E), P (Vaisala PTB1100), GPS (Garmin 16X-HVS), Wind x 2 (RM Young Jr. 04101 and Gill WindSonic 75 Ultrasonic) | Wind (RM Young 05103 and FT742 Sonic Anemometers), can be customized with any PodNet instrumentation | T/RH (Campbell Scientific EE181-L + Aspirated U-Tube) P (Vaisala PTB1100), GPS (Garmin 16X-HVS), Wind (RM Young 05103 ) Can host others. | T/RH GPS Wind (Graw) |
| Sampling Rate | Up to 10 Hz | Up to 10 Hz | Up to 10 Hz | 1 Hz |
| Real-time Data | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Platform | Hardened steel “T” stand | Attaches to infrastructure such as power and light poles, railings, etc. at user-determined heights | Pick-up truck. Can deploy PodNet and PoleNet (also sounding systems; not proposed) | |
| Height | Configurable (currently 1, 1.5, 2 m) | Configurable, on existing infrastructure. Typically 3-10 m | 4 m | |
| Camera/Video Attachment Possible | yes | yes | yes | N/A |
| Disdrometer | yes (Parisval) | |||
| Comm Capability | Cellular Internet | Cellular Internet | Cellular Internet |