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Instrument

MAX
Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar

The Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar (MAX) is a truck-mounted dual-polarization radar owned and operated by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). It is typically deployed to collect radar data on tropical storms, severe weather, and boundary-layer conditions. MAX operates at 9450 MHz with a beam width of 0.95 degrees and a range gate spacing of 125 meters.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Radar
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Reflectivity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Imagery
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Doppler Velocity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radial Velocity > Mean Radial Velocity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Spectrum Width
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Variable
125 m
9450 MHz
Currently unavailable

  • Lawrence Carey

  • Lawrence Carey

  • Baron, UAH

  • UAH, NOAA

  • Currently unavailable

    • data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

DC3

Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry

2012
Northeastern Colorado, West Texas to Central Oklahoma, Northern Alabama
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1 Deployment
· 19 Data Products
PECAN

Plains Elevated Convection at Night

2015
Great Plains, United States
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products

Data Products