Vaisala IRIS - THICK: Echo Thickness Product; Figure 27 THICK Example Configuration

6. Determine which status products are referenced by the SIGNALS.DAT file for action.
7. Configure the SIGNALS.DAT file to take the appropriate action.
8. In the Product Output menu, configure the status products for output.
The status products now enable IRIS systems to alert other systems on the network that
there are problems or that a particular event has occurred.
These messages can be parsed by the SIGNALS.DAT file and actions can be taken such as
sending an email to a cell phone.
3.19 THICK: Echo Thickness Product
Figure 27 THICK Example Configuration
THICK shows the thickness of cloud echoes.
THICK is the same as the dierence between the TOPS and BASE values.
When calculating THICK, for each output pixel in the product, the algorithm searches
downward through successive elevation angles to find the height at which the signal goes
above the user-specified dBZ Contour. Similarly it searches up from the lowest elevation
angle to find the height at which the signal goes back down below the contour. The
thickness is the dierence between these values.
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