Vaisala IRIS - COMP: Composite; Figure 45 Example of Composite Projection Geometry

5.2 COMP: Composite
Mercator or
Azimuthal Equidistant
Projection
Baseline
Figure 45 Example of Composite Projection Geometry
COMP produces a single composite image of radar data from many radar sites.
COMP allows you to combine data from many dierent radars.
The advantages of compositing are:
• Expand the area of coverage to give forecasters the big picture.
• Fill-in blind spots caused by mountains or required sector blanking.
• Fill-in blind spots caused by scan strategy limitations (for example, not scanning to
high elevation angles).
• Simplify product management so users do not need to check multiple single-radar
images.
Types of Products for Compositing
Unlike other products, when you schedule a COMP product, IRIS does not make a product of
type COMP. Instead, it makes a composite of the input product and saves it as the input
product type.
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