Table of contents
1. About This Document..................................................................................... 11
1.1 Version Information............................................................................................ 11
1.2 Related documents.............................................................................................11
1.3 Documentation conventions............................................................................. 12
2. IRIS Product Overview...................................................................................13
3. Configuring IRIS Products............................................................................16
3.1 Configuring Products........................................................................................ 16
3.2 Product Configuration Menu.............................................................................17
3.2.1 Associating Products with Tasks................................................................17
3.2.2 Configuring Map Projections......................................................................19
3.2.3 Product Parameters....................................................................................23
3.2.4 Display Parameters.....................................................................................27
3.3 BASE: Echo Base Product................................................................................ 32
3.4 BEAM: Antenna Beam Pattern Product......................................................... 34
3.5 CAPPI: Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator.........................................36
3.6 FCAST: Forecast................................................................................................ 37
3.7 HMAX: Height of Maximum Intensity Product..............................................40
3.8 LAYER: Layer Average.......................................................................................41
3.9 MAX: Maximum Data with Side Panels.......................................................... 43
3.9.1 Configuring MAX Products........................................................................45
3.10 MLHGT: Melting Level Height.......................................................................... 47
3.10.1 MLHGT Algorithm.......................................................................................49
3.10.2 Configuring MLHGT Products................................................................... 52
3.10.3 Using MLHGT Data Flow with Other Products........................................54
3.11 PPI: Plan Position Indicator..............................................................................55
3.12 RAIN1: Hourly Rain Accumulation...................................................................56
3.12.1 Scheduling RAIN1 Products....................................................................... 57
3.13 RAIN-N: N-Hour Rain Accumulation...............................................................59
3.13.1 Scheduling RAIN-N Products................................................................... 60
3.14 RAW: Raw Data................................................................................................. 62
3.14.1 Configuring RAW products....................................................................... 63
3.14.2 Recording RAW Data Automatically........................................................63
3.15 RHI: Range Height Indicator............................................................................64
3.15.1 RHI Cumulonimbus Example.................................................................... 66
3.15.2 Should I Use RHI or XSECT?...................................................................... 67
3.16 RTI: Range Time Indicator................................................................................68
3.17 SRI: Surface Rainfall Intensity...........................................................................71
3.17.1 SRI Algorithm...............................................................................................71
3.17.2 Input Reflectivity Profiles...........................................................................73
3.17.3 Setting the Current Melting Level Without Restarting IRIS...................75
3.17.4 Configuring SRI...........................................................................................77
3.17.5 SRI Profile Correction Example.................................................................79
3.17.6 Format of Terrain Map File..........................................................................81
3.17.7 SRI References............................................................................................ 82
3.18 STAT: IRIS System Status................................................................................. 82
3.19 THICK: Echo Thickness Product......................................................................84
3.20 TOPS: Echo Tops............................................................................................... 86
3.21 TRACK: Track/Forecast.................................................................................... 88
3.22 VAD: Velocity Azimuth Display....................................................................... 92
3.23 VIL: Vertically Integrated Liquid......................................................................93
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