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4. Data Recording asses fe iba rib ER e Rep e kane ee Re RM EE r 41 The EttorProlocol o ene nv eie to e aa el allem 42 7 2 Control Program User Interface CPUJ 43 8 MRR 2 Specifications u da en vd k err Ren KEY RR k kk kk k 46 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 1 Safety Precautions To operate the MRR 2 a mains voltage of 210 240 VAC is needed for the power supply An improper handling can be dangerous to you Only competent and instructed persons should work with this system or with parts of it The outdoor installation must not be performed in case of an approach ing thunderstorm to avoid a possibly endangering of personnel by lightning There are not known any health hazards originating from the emitted electromagnetic radiation of about 50 mW Nevertheless you should take care that everybody keeps out of the beam above the antenna pa rabolic dish when it is in operation All connecting cables plugs and couplings of the MRR 2 are not inter changeable to prevent any erroneous assembly This safety precaution is disabled if other types of plugs are installed by the user Therefore any guarantee explicitly expires and METEK accepts no responsibility for injuries to persons damage of eguipment or other conseguences connected with not authorized changing of connectors cables or other parts of the system Depending on regional rules for the use of elec
5. P na o one raw spectrum Averaged Data are F Falling Vekody F Faing Velocty processed on the basis of an average of Recadng Oplora multiple raw spectra depending on the pe PR nS selected averaging time The selectable M Recodoipit um P variables are described in the table below TU essence AE a Selection of causes the recording of Height Measuring height above ground Spectra Spectral volume reflectivity Drop Spectra Drop diameter and number of drops per vo lume and diameter Attenuation Two way path integrated attenuation Radar Reflectivity Radar reflectivity factor and attenuated radar reflectivity factor Rain Rate Vertical volume flux of liquid water per unit area Liquid Water Content Mass of liquid water per volume Falling Velocity Doppler velocity 1 moment of the spectrum 1 Since the raw spectra and the instantaneous data represent already averages over 10 seconds the term instantaneous must not be understood literally The output variableHeight should always be selected as this facilitates further processing of recorded data 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 22 Recording Options Raw data By checking Record raw data the raw spectra including metadata are written in addition to other selected data to a separate log file The path name of these log files is defined by the parameters RawDataFile RawDataPath Conditional recording By checking Record only if it rains no data
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10. 5 1 General Provisions akne Ena E E RERE nennen nnn ake eee eee e eee eres esa 5 2 Site Conditions aaa ek E ek E RERE RE rennen akr eee kek e eee eee eee ke ee sesa 5 3 Installation Procedure ee 6 Control PrOQGraM icisiciciois v s s b s v sav s ssk s sses v k v n aa oklenil analnih 6 1 Installation aaa aaa E ERE SER ERE RERE E ake mmm ke eee kene k eee eee e mee ee 6 2 Using the Control PIOGELSlTI sera 5 2 T E aE aTe EE E Greg 6 2 2 Control Commands Menu 6 2 3 Output Parameters Menu 6 2 4 Device Parameters Menu 6 2 5 Parameter STOTAGO ratan ao tentes kn ena 6 2 6 Status messages and time axis control 6 3 Instantaneous and averaged data 6 3 1 Format description rimi diti di dd ee oa dudo e ed 8 3 2 e d occum ct e e oe NE ate RE ee d PUDE 8 4 FAW data cc eve 64 1 Eonmat DOSCHDUOLS i0 peii ie divieto ie LE A omisi ie ts 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 O 42 EXample znane rat ues de pel rede hur er E zo possi eee 39 6 5 REMOVING of the SoTDWaIO sesioni ba teh a ei A aii 40 7 Detailed description of the MRR 2 control program 40 7 1 Communication Data and Error Service CDES 41 7 1 1 Communication Service ssssssssseee ee 41 71 2
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14. Parameter Sets The parameter memory of the MRR 2 is used for convenient saving and load ing of complete parameter settings Saving a parameter set Type a name in the field right of the Save button or select a name of the Parameter Sets list Click the Save button Loading a parameter set Type a name of the Parameter Sets list in the field right of the Save button or select a name of the Parameter Sets list Click the Load button Deleting a parameter set Type a name of the Parameter Sets list in the field right of the Save button or select a name of the Parameter Sets list Click the Delete button A parameter set consists of 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 26 the device parameters except calibration constant and the selected output parameters Program List Previously defined parameter sets can be added to a program list All sets which are included in this list will be processed successively This means every time the averaging interval has finished the next entry vvill be loaded from the list After reaching the end of this list the program starts over vvith the first entry Creating a Program List Select a parameter set in the Parameter Sets list Click the Append button The parameter set is inserted in the empty Program List or added to the end of the non empty Program List As soon as the Program List is not empty it becomes active Removing entries from the Pro
15. described in section 6 Control Program page 16 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 13 5 Hardware Installation 5 1 General Provisions Before you start the system all cable connections must be set up Only the antenna unit including RCPD Transceiver and cable 7 are designed for outdoor operation All other components e g the junction box and PC must be installed in a weather protected environment with temperatures within 5 50 The electronic cases may be opened only in dry environment Especial ly in outdoor area you risk damage by moisture f cables are laid on free field a cable conduit is recommended All cable connections should be protected by strain reliefs Use only the original connectors Guarantee is void if other connectors are installed 5 2 Site Conditions Before actual installation the site must be checked for its suitability for rain measurements There must be free view of at least 10 zenith angl e over the radar Nearby transmitters base stations of mobile phones broadcast towers ra dars can cause interference although they operate nominally at different fre guency bands If such neighborhood is necessary a simple metallic screen or larger object container obscuring the direct line of sight to the interfering source can help The vicinity of electric machines e g drive of elevators should be avoided since they can create interfering signals which are
16. difficult to screen If measurements at very low heights are planned with appropriate settings the MRR 2 allows measurements from a minimum height of 20 m above ground take care that the wind field in this level is not disturbed by nearby buildings trees masts etc because strong turbulence could falsify the data In contrast with in situ rain sensors the exposure of the antenna to the free wind field is not detrimental but favorable Figure 7 shows various examples of MRR installations On ground on top of containers and on top of buildings 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 14 Figure 7 Examples of MRR installations 5 3 Installation Procedure Preparations A fixed vertical pole max 49 mm length min 30 cm is required for attach ing the antenna Operating of the MRR 2 reguires a 230 VAC mains supply with a fuse protection of 8 A slow minimum To prevent disturbance of the device by variations or breaks of the power supply we recommend the use of a no break power supply UPS Reguired Tools A wrench with 17 mm opening 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 15 Installation Steps 1 Install the control and evaluation computer PC according to the docu ments of the manufacturer Plug the tube socket 10 of the RADAR antenna over the attachment pole and clamp it with the M10 fixing bolt Check the vertical alignment of the antenna with the built in bubble le
17. in the time domain unit Hz parameters for the auto matic noise level adjustment NFO and NF1 without unit version number of the MRR Service SVS version number of the MRR firmware DVS serial number of the MRR DSN and the calibration constant CC Each of the parameters in the header line starts with a delimiting space cha racter the 3 character identifier as shown above in the parentheses and a field of 6 characters for the numerical value except of the serial number which can consist of up to 10 numeric characters between 0 and 9 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 32 Example Each entry of the header line is shown in a separate line of the ta ble MRR 090612040200 The header line dates from June 12 2009 4 02 AM UTC UTC AVE 60 Averaging time is 60 seconds STP 35 Height resolution is 35 meters ASL 147 The radar is sited 147 meters above sea level SMP 125e3 Sampling rate is 125 000 Hz NF0 1 000 Noise level 0 set to 1 000 used only in older versions NF1 0 000 Noise level 1 set to 0 000 used only in older versions SVS 5 20 Version number of the MRR Service is 5 20 DVS 5 10 Version number of the MRR firmware is 5 10 DSN 020704 Serial number of the MRR is 020704 CC 2066000 Calibration constant is 2066000 MDQ 100 Percentage of valid spectra is 100 H Height Argument of the following data pro
18. preceded by the letter T and a colon T means time The format of the date time stamp is YYMMDDhhmmss which means year month day hour minute and second with 2 digits each Date time and time zone are separated by a space character The header line is supplemented with the version num ber of the MRR firmware following the identifier DVS the serial number of the MRR following the identifier DSN the calibration constant of the MRR following the identifier CC and the percentage of valid spectra following the identifier MDO The next data lines contains the measuring heights It begins with the capital letter M a colon the small letter h two space characters and an eguals sign M means measured value h means height The following numbers 9 digits decimal each represent the measuring heights in meters The height line is followed by the line of the transfer function It starts with the capital character M a colon the capital letters T and F and one space charac ter The rest of that line represents the values of the transfer function for each height step 9 digits decimal each The line of the transfer function is followed by 64 data lines Each one starts with the capital character M a colon the small letter f and a 2 digit number of the spectra line 0 to 63 The rest of these lines represent the received spec tral signal power in engineering units for each height step 9 digits decimal each The raw spectra inc
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23. 2 can be re trieved and any changes entered by the user are translated to the correspond ing commands and transmitted to the MRR 2 Factory setting of the serial port of the MRR 2 is 57600 baud 8 bit no parity XON XOFF handshake pro tocol 7 1 2 Data Recording The second function of CDES is the recording of the averaged or instanta neous measured data of the MRR 2 The data is ASCII formatted so that it is directly readable CDES creates one file each day whose name is constructed from the actual month the day 2 characters each and an additional extension The boundary between two days is defined as 0 00 selected time zone including UTC The file name extension is MRR All files of a month are stored in a separate directory which will be created au tomatically if it is not already existing The names of the directories are con structed from the actual year 4 digits and the respective month 2 digits The path names for the data registration and the port settings may be changed with the MS registry editor regedit exe at the key HKEY LOCAL MACHINEN System CurrentControlSet Services MrrSrvc Parameters The variables of this key are shown with their default settings Change the un derlined values if necessary Port REG SZ COM2 BaudRate REG DWORD 57600 AveragedDataFile REG EXPAND SZ MetekRoot ActData Data s AveragedDataPath REG EXPAND SZ MetekRoot Data InstantaneousDataFile REG EXPAND SZ Met
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34. 600 You must be logged in with administration rights to change Windows Re gistry parameters Every time when you change one ore more MRR parameters in the Windows Registry you have to restart the MRR service because these pa rameters are only read from the Registry when the service starts Open the Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services menu in Windows 2000 After selecting the MRRService stop and start it directly with the short cuts or open the Properties menu and use the Stop and Start buttons serre o o ini xi am Ye om IL ds Poj aun f You can speci the shat parameters that apply vien pou stat the sreca hom hee m Figure 19 Administrative Tools Services Menu Windows 2000 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 a Arai na m mA 1 namo A AD CETECOM ICT Services GmbH EC Identification number 0682 authorized by the German Government e to act as Notified Body in accordance with the R amp TTE Directive 1999 5 EC of 09 March 1999 CERTIFICATE EXPERT OPINION Registration No E814169R EO Certificate Holder METEK Meteorologische Me technik GmbH Fritz Stra mann Str 4 D 25337 Elmshorn Product Designation Mikro Regen Radar MRR PreWeS24 Product Description Radar System Product Manufacturer METEK Meteorologische Me technik GmbH Fritz Stra mann Str 4 D 25337 Elmshorn Essential requirements Specifications Standards Submitted docume
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42. DAR Control and Processing Device and Transceiver Figure 3 RCPD and Transceiver 4 2 4 Junction Box Power Supply 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 The RCPD 3 gene rates the RADAR transmit modulation signal and passes it to the transceiver 2 through cable 15 It analyses the back scattered receiver signal calculates Doppler spectra and transfers average power spectra re ferred to as raw da ta to the control and evaluation PC where these spectra are in terpreted The RCPD is located in a water protected IP65 hous ing which is fixed to the antenna arm 8 At the bottom side of the RCPD is the socket 14 for cable 7 The electronic components inside the housing don t need any service As far as possible the RCPD should not be opened by the user METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 10 Figure 4 Junction Box Left Front Side Right Back Side The junction box is used to pass through the communication between the PC and the RCPD For this purpose it has a 25 pin D sub miniature socket 16 for the data cable 5 to the PC and a flanged socket 17 for the cable 7 to the RADAR RCPD 3 The power supply for the RCPD and Transceiver is also integrated in the junc tion box An IEC connector for the mains supply of 230 VAC 17 is on the front side of the case On the back side are two sockets for banana plugs for the connection of an alternative external DC power supply 19 The power supply 24 VDC fo
43. MRR 2 Micro Rain RADAR User Manual 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Meteorologische Messtechnik GmbH Fritz Strassmann Strasse 4 D 25337 Elmshorn Germany Fon 449 4121 4359 0 Fax 449 4121 4359 20 e mail info metek de internet htip Wwww metek de 01 2008 Version 4 12 4 15 Copyright 2008 METEK GmbH AI Rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted stored in a retrieval system nor translated into any human or computer lan guage in any form or by any means electronic mechanical optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright owner 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 Table of Contents 1 Safety PreCautlons siicdiaica at 2 How to use this manual ananas sene nenen eee nenen nene eee nana 3 Measuring Principle ksi cd keci cat ven dt ket dt net Gerd eo t 4 System DeSerIPDHON c sui cu cica idet c v s rise sonne AN JOVONI V seni 4 2 Description of the Componen ts 42 Parabolic DISDi acide it Ada ti e A ab 4 2 2 Antenna Heating ODHoRh zis e FREE SERE REME SER e ne 4 2 3 RADAR Control and Processing Device and Transceiver 4 2 4 Junction Box Power Supply 4 2 5 Cable RCPD Junction BR aa 4 2 6 Cable Junction Bo PC t ree eee eee e end 4 2 7 Control and Evaluation Computer PC 5 Hardware Installation anni nana eseeseses
44. Result EN 300 440 1 V1 3 1 2001 09 Test Report conform EN 300 440 2 V1 1 1 2001 09 Marking hand The scope of this evaluation relates to the submitted documents only The certificate is only valid in conjunction with the following mimb r of T Number of annexes Saarbr cken 18 10 2004 Place Date of Issue 1 The product shall be signed with CE our notified body num A ber and the Class Il identifier Alert sign as shown right C 068 Signed by Ernst Hussing r Notified Body A ER CETECOM ICT Services GmbH Untert rkheimer Stra e 6 10 D 66117 Saarbr cken Germany http www cetecom de 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1
45. a Increase timeouts in case of datubed skow network connections maj tej Le Figure 9 Login Screen If you are sitting at the PC which is directly connected to the MRR 2 leave the entry at Name of the Remote PC empty or type a period or the name of the local PC If you are sitting at another PC enter the name of that PC to which the MRR 2 is connected directly and where the communication service MrrCtrl exe was started The User Name is generated automatically and the Password is usually not needed see below for exceptions The Password eniry field is useful if the remote computer is a member of another Windows domain because in this case a connection can be built up only if a user name and the matching password is given The user name is set automatically see the header of the dialog window The network connection to the remote computer usually is a LAN or a RAS connection RAS connections using the public telephone net are mostly not very efficient especially connections with mobile phone radio nets Con sidering that the login dialog provides the use of time out values which are adjusted to the maximum delay times for the responses from the remote PC Using a direct LAN or a local login this feature is not needed If the program was started by a command line input the information concern ing the login window can be handed over as a parameter Example C METEK MrrCtrl hostname secret ft This entry would try to bui
46. are recorded if the evaluation software does not detect precipitation in any measuring height during the measuring averaging interval This condition can be activated separately for averaged instantaneous data and raw data respectively Measuring Height s A subset of measuring heights can be selected for recording This subset is used for both kinds of data output instantaneous and averaged data The se lection of measuring heights for output is done with two lists containing the selected and unselected height steps To move items sets of height steps between the lists they must be marked in the source list The movement will be performed when the arrow button pointing to the other target list is pressed The height resolution step width can be adjusted with the device parame ters menu see chapter 6 2 4 on page 23 Time Zone The time zone can be selected which is used for the time stamps of the rec orded data All changes in the Output Parameters Menu become effective by clicking the Ok button Then the corresponding commands are transmitted to the RCPD firmware Clicking the Cancel button cancels all changes 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 23 6 2 4 Device Parameters Menu xi Averaging Time 60 s Device Location ASL 123 m Height Resolution 35 m Sampling Frequency 125000 Hz Calibration Constant 2130000 Changing Figure 13 Operation Parameters Avera
47. ce for a miss calibration of the MRR This can be in ferred for example from rain rates measured with the MRR R and a rain gauge R respectively If C is the old calibration constant the new cali bration constant C can be calculated according new It should be kept in mind that comparisons of rain rates measured aloft with the MRR and a rain gauge are not straightforward due to the strong inhomo geneity of rain MRR data should be taken from range gates not below the 3 range gate because approximations in the radar equation cause larger biases at lower range gates On the other hand the measuring height should not ex ceed 200 m in order to keep attenuation effects small they are only eliminat ed in case of correct calibration and to keep the correlation with surface pre cipitation at a useful level Further make sure that the MRR rain retrieval is not affected by the ice phase or melting processes Strong winds should also be avoided since rain gauges tend to unreliable under such conditions OK AI changes in the Device Parameters Menu become effective by clicking the OK button Then the corresponding commands are transmitted to the RCPD firmware Clicking the Cancel button cancels all changes 6 2 5 Parameter Storage 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 25 CT x Parameter Sete Program List Ome Nw Kare I U100813 1744 Faria 1320108 1332 amp 6 Pomni Figure 14 Parameter Storage
48. cteristic falling velocity First Moment of the Doppler spectrum see chapter 3 4 MRR Physical Ba sics The width of velocity bins can be derived from the maximum number of height steps the sampling rate as shown in the header line and the wave length of the RADAR signal 32 height steps and 64 lines per step are calculated For a sampling freguency of 125 kHz and a transmit freguency of 24 15 GHz the resolution of the fall velocity can be calculated as 125kHz 1 299700 km s 0 1905 m s 2 32 64 2 24 GHz 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 35 6 3 2 Example Instantaneous and averaged data files have the same structure except of the header lines The part of the which is underlined in the example below is only present in averaged data MRR 090612040200 UTC AVE 60 STP 35 ASL 0 SMP 125e3 NFO 1 000 NF1 0 000 SVS 5 20 DVS 5 10 DSN 020704 CC 2066000 MDO 100 H 35 70 105 140 175 210 245 280 315 350 385 420 455 490 525 560 595 630 665 700 735 770 805 840 875 910 945 980 TF 0 0115 0 0420 0 0999 0 1756 0 2542 0 3340 0 4255 0 5324 0 6030 0 6757 0 7565 0 7942 0 8366 0 8778 0 8914 1 0000 0 9683 0 9243 0 8838 0 8904 0 9040 0 8759 0 8538 0 8433 0 8346 0 7807 0 7749 0 7524 F00 65 29 74 53 82 05 87 75 90 83 91 33 91 50 94 20 106 26 90 26 89 09 89 00 91 35 92 31 97 45 98 65 91 66 89 67 82 65 82 43 83 39 82 92 F01 66 94 76 22 84 02 89 60 92 92 90 74 90 22 91 96 98 48 93 34 92 11 94 45 86
49. dministrative Tools 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 43 7 2 Control Program User Interface CPUI CPUI provides the user access to the MRR 2 through CDES The correct in stallation and the automatic start of the service program are required for a successful start of CPUI CPUI allows controlling the MRR 2 also by PCs which are not connected directly to the MRR 2 It is only necessary that there is a network connection to that PC on which CDES was started This network connection may be either a local connection ethernet or a remote access connection RAS which is built up using the public telephone Make sure that you have purchased the reguired number of program licenses For this remote operation a login at the remote CDES is necessary when you start the program e g by a mouse click on a program icon you created be fore or by the command line C METEK MrrCtr1 This ensures that only one user is accessing the MRR 2 There are no special network installations needed because no network proto col dependent functions are used between the service and the user interface The following picture shows an example for a remote access where the net work connection is performed by a RAS connection The communication of the user interface on PC Z2 with the MRR 2 uses the network and the com munication service program on PC 71 The data recording and the event log ging is executed on PC 1 which is connected d
50. ekRoot ActData InstData s InstantaneousDataPath REG EXPAND SZ MetekRoot InstData 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 42 The common root directory is defined by the environmental variable MetekRoot It also can be changed with the registry editor at the following key HKEY LOCAL MACHINEN System CurrentControlSetN ControlN Session Manager Environment The variable is MetekRoot REG SZ C METEK The default settings are C METEK Data for averaged data C METEK ActData for actual data raw instantaneous and averaged C METEK Instdata for instantaneous data C METEK Rawdata for raw data not processed only for testing purposes C METEK as the common root directory The file C METEK Data 200506 0611 MRR e g would contain the aver aged data from June 11 of 2005 7 1 3 Error Protocol The third function of CDES is the recording of all error messages which are caused by the operation of the MRR 2 except messages which are generated from user input errors The error recording is done by the event logging function of the operation sys tem At the item application you find a chronologically sorted list of error messages which occurred during the operation Use the Windows event viewer to look at the messages or to store them in other formats You also can define how the system shall act if more than the storable number of errors occur The event viewer is located in the program group Programs A
51. files corresponding to the settings de scribed in chapter 6 2 3 page 20 and chapter 6 2 4 page 23 The units are meters above the radar system TF Transfer Function To each height step a value of the Transfer Function is assigned by which raw data are divided Fnn with nn from 0 to 63 FFT Spectra Each line represents a profile of spectral reflectivity corresponding to the spec tral bin nn As Fnn is corrected for the receiver noise floor negative values can occur if the signal to noise ratio is low These entries cannot be presented in the logarithmic domain and are replaced by space characters Dnn with nn from min h to max h Drop Sizes The drop size is described by the diameter of an eguivolumic sphere The spectral bins of drop numbers are of variable width in the size domain in con trast with spectral bins in the freguency and velocity domain In addition the 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 33 widths of the size bins are slightly height dependent Therefore the assign ment of freguency bin index nn to diameter D is listed explicitly for each bin and height The center of each size class is displayed Nnn with nn from min h to max h Spectral Drop Densities With the knowledge of the freguency of the Doppler shift the calculation of the corresponding drop fall velocity is possible eguation 1 4 3 2 in MRR Physical Basics Thus each FFT line stands for a drop size interval Chapter 2 in
52. ging Time Here you define the averaging time for the averaged data The adjustable range is 10 3600 s After each averaging time an averaged data set is generated and recorded and a new averaging interval starts Instantaneous data are generated and recorded independenily in 10 s time intervals within each averaging interval Device Location ASL Enter the height of the MRR 2 location above sea level The adjustable range is 0 9999 m This parameter is used for the density correction of the fall speed versus drop size relation Height Resolution Enter the desired distance between adjacent measuring heights step width The adjustable range is 10 1000 m Typical values are 30 100 m The measuring heights are integer multiples of the height resolution The max imum number of height steps is 31 Sampling Freguency 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 24 Number of samples per second of the analogue input signal of the MRR 2 This parameter can t be changed by the user Calibration Constant This constant is needed for converting the engineering units of the receiver signal raw data into physical units instantaneous and averaged data See Physical Basis for details The calibration constant is factory set Nevertheless it can be changed by the experienced user Before a new calibration constant can be entered the changing button must be pressed It should be only done if there is clear eviden
53. gram List Select the entry from the Program List Click the Remove button Note 1 Parameter sets which appear in the Program List can neither be changed nor deleted 2 The same parameter set name may appear at several places in the Pram List 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 27 6 2 6 Status messages and time axis control RR System Si aim xj She cd MER Sre Progam MER Deve Veron Sai na di MAN nam veron 5 20 Vernon ro of mwas 519 roma Opes aon rd 20090316 1256 07 Date Recording Dv capacity exhuusted m 12 monita Teme once las eon lg 0050 leveraged dal 0001 veterini dota Pompej ve i amps no trs ed m ncmpe tate ori Cows zi Figure 15 System Status Sub Panel State of the MRR Service Program The version number of the MRR service program is shown The operation state is shovvn normal operation No problems occurred erroneous operation One component of the service could not be installed Either a hardware error or a conflict between programs occurred Ex ample Two programs attempt to access the same port Sub Panel MRR Device Version The serial number the firmware version number and the firmware creation date of the connected MRR are shown 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 28 Sub Panel Data Recording Disk capacity exhausted in The remaining time for data recording is shown The calculation is based on the average sizes of the
54. ht See MRR Physical Basics for details 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 31 in increments according to the chosen height resolution of the MRR Invalid or not calculable values are coded as 7 consecutive space characters Space characters at the end of a line are omitted in order to save disk space So lines can have different lengths although representing the same number of height steps MRR Header Line Entries common to instantaneous and averaged data The header line marks the beginning of a data set It starts vvith the identitying string MRR a space character and a date time stamp The date time stamp consists of 12 digits format YYMMDDhhmmss a single space character and the name of the time zone This name starts with the string UTC and is optionally followed by an offset value format hh or xhhss The end of the header line shows a data quality parameter consisting of the identifying string MDQ a single space character and a 3digit number be tween 0 and 100 It is the percentage of valid spectra collected during the av eraging interval Spectra can be invalid due to saturation of the AD converter caused either by extreme precipitation or by some interference Entries only in averaged data Averaging time in seconds AVE height resolution in meters STP height of the ground level above sea level in meters ASL sampling rate SMP of the RADAR signal
55. ically into the atmosphere where a small portion is scattered back to the antenna from rain drops or other forms of precipitation Due to the falling velocity of the rain drops antenna there is a freguency dev iation between the transmitted and the received signal Doppler freguency This freguency is a measure for the falling velocity of the rain drops Since drops with different diameters have different falling velocities the backscat tered signal consists of a distribution of different Doppler freguencies The spectral analysis of the received signal yields a power spectrum which is spread over a range of freguencies lines corresponding to the Doppler fre guencies of the signal The RCPD determines this power spectrum with a high time resolution 25 per second and sends mean power spectra every 10 s to the connected control and data acguisition system where the reflectivity spectrum is calcu lated considering the calibration parameters of the RADAR module Using known relations between fall velocity rain drop size and scattering cross sec tion the drop spectrum or drop size distribution is derived The integration over the entire drop size distribution considering further correction terms followed by further averaging over 10 to 3600 seconds results in rain rate and liguid water content The output signal of the RADAR is transmitted continuously CW mode a linearly decreasing saw tooth modulation of the transmit signal FM mode
56. irectly to the MRR 2 PC 2 User Interface Network Public Modem Telephone Figure 17 Remote Acces 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 44 The software is supplied on a CD ROM with the following files MrrSrvc exe MrrCtrl exe Messages dll MFC71 d11 msvcr71 dll MrrXXXXXX inf Mrrctrl D hlp MrrCtrl E hlp MrrCtrl D cnt MrrCtrl E cnt MrrView bat sbsize exe setcolor exe gzip exe tail exe 9 wer imatan y eee alaiz Fi CR Wem frote Took ep a dene o ci Que curam G SS OS X a Ze the service program control program GUI used for error messaging used for runtime environment used for runtime environment installation file XXXXXX stands for the serial number of the MRR help file German help file English help file German help file English data compression tool data viewer adde gt z PR meet y Gje E 71 W MRR Installation F Sean wach Morton Ans Figure 18 Directory Listing of the Installation CD ROM After installation of the MRR software the port settings may be changed with the MS registry editor regedit exe at the key HKEY LOCAL MACHINEN System CurrentControlSet Services MrrSrvc Parameters 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 45 The port variables of this key are shown with their default settings Change the underlined values if necessary Port REG SZ COM2 BaudRate REG DWORD 57
57. last re ceived measuring protocol and the actual free disk space Initially ap pears until the first data set is stored Time since last recording The time elapsed since the last aver aged and instantaneous data sets were written to disk is shown lnitially appears until the first data set is stored Hound time stamps to minutes Time stamps are rounded to integer values This can be useful under the following condition If the Adjust interval length to real time clock see chapter 6 2 2 Control Com mands Menu was selected the time stamps should be integer mul tiples of 10 seconds minutes or ten minutes Nevertheless small devi ations from these integers may occur due to variable processing time If this is disturbing for subsequent data analysis programs the record ed time stamps can be rounded The selection yes or no is activated by pressing the ok button Sub Panel Errors This panel shows a list of errors which occurred during the measuring opera tion Errors which occurred before the control program was started can be re trieved from the Windows 2000 or Windows XP event log 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 29 About Button About MRR Control ub MAR Control Version 5 2 0 4 June 2009 Copyright METEK Meteorologische Messtechnik GmbH Fritz Stra mann Stra e 4 D 25337 Elmshorn Germany Figure 16 This panel appears after clicking the About button 07 2009 Versio
58. ld a connection to a computer with the name hostname The password is secret the time out values are set for slow WAN connections t The parameter t is optional the computer name and the password however must be given always This is also valid for local logins the password will not be checked 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 18 If the connection to the communication service could be built up the entire status of the MRR 2 is read out first This can take some seconds on RAS connections even some minutes Click the OK button The MRR 2 status is read out which takes some seconds in case of slow re mote communication even some minutes Then the Main Menu will appear 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 19 6 2 1 Main Menu I ix Corna Control Commands Quit Pusmele Selection ol Output Parameters Device Pacameten P mati for System Opesbon Paranoia Sete Adee ston of parameter pets nave secali delete Deu co Figure 10 Main Menu The main menu shows buttons for the menus Control chapter 6 2 2 on page 20 Output Parameters chapter 6 2 3 on page 20 Device Parameters chapter 6 2 4 on page 23 Parameter Sets chapter 6 2 5 on page 24 System Status chapter 6 2 6 on page 27 You can leave the program with the Exit button The Help button provides a Windows conforming help text 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 20 6 2 2 Cont
59. lude the receiver noise floor 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK 6 4 2 Example 7 090612024311 UTC DVS 5 10 DSN 020704 CC 2066000 MDO 100 Mh o 35 0 003292 0 011523 4798 2205 2780 1272 541 246 39 22 4 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 10 4 n 5 13 4 16 5 18 7 19 9 23 12 34 15 52 24 75 a8 120 98 215 177 377 290 582 492 873 ala 1437 1103 2015 1215 2304 1202 2861 1692 3945 3428 461 6270 5873 9754 9622 13520 15729 15274 23192 13520 26471 9754 21874 6270 15310 3428 9683 1692 5905 1202 4727 1215 4582 1103 4033 814 3225 492 2421 290 1436 177 675 98 318 48 149 24 60 15 21 12 10 9 8 7 7 5 7 4 6 5 8 4 10 3 9 3 10 3 n 3 10 4 9 39 25 sal 254 2780 1275 70 0 041975 166 107 33 17 la 19 20 21 23 28 34 44 55 65 84 139 236 325 374 526 803 1054 1270 1629 2193 3049 4088 4978 6013 8179 11394 15559 21914 25550 22408 16602 12461 11128 11416 11578 10911 9611 7508 4351 2171 1386 828 332 96 33 19 14 12 m 13 15 15 19 24 24 21 18 29 95 105 0 099863 46 33 20 20 22 26 32 38 49 E 70 85 107 137 198 329 522 698 710 747 915 1084 1406 1947 2970 4586 5698 5726 6285 7200 7165 7632 10788 15241 17097 15558 12216 10153 11332 12064 10304 8782 7183 4426 2315 1407 804 325 101 38 24 22 20 17 19 21 21 25 30 31 28 24 20 32 140 0 175583 22 19 22
60. makes it possible to perform profile measurements with selectable range resolution The RADAR antenna is an offset parabolic dish with vertical beam orienta tion This antenna design allows rainwater to drain without building ponds In order to avoid disturbances from snow which could cover the antenna dish optional antenna heating is offered 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 7 4 System Description 4 1 Overview 1 Parabolic Dish 2 Transceiver 3 RCPD HEU ea 4 Junction Box 5 Cable Junction Box PC 6 AC Power Cable 7 Cable RCPD Junction Box 8 Antenna Arm 9 Pivot 10 Tube Socket 2 Figure 1 Components of the System The Control and Evaluation Computer a commercial PC not part of deli very must be ordered separately The operating system must be Win dows 2000 or XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 is not supported 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 8 4 2 Description of the Components 4 2 1 Parabolic Dish The antenna is used for the transmission of the RADAR signals and the re ceiving of backscattered signals It is designed as an offset parabolic dish 1 Its largest diameter is 70 cm the beam width is 2 Due to the offset design of the parabolic dish rainwater can drain off For antenna mounting the tube socket 10 inner 49 4 mm out er 54 4 mm is to be plugged onto a pole with an oute
61. n 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 30 6 3 Instantaneous and averaged data 6 3 1 Format description Instantaneous and averaged data are archived in two separate directory struc tures see chapter 7 1 2 Data Recording on page 41 Optional recording of so called raw data which represent the unprocessed measuring data of the MRR 2 is only useful for special purposes The data format is human readable ASCII text Each data set consists of one line The order of the data lines and the used identifiers are listed below Identifier Meaning Unit Remark MRR Header Line n A H Height m TF Transfer Function dimensionless Fnn Spectral Reflectivities dB 10 og na with Nm in m nn from min h to max h Dnn Drop Size mm Center of size class Nnn Spectral Drop Densities m mm N Dyn 2 PIA Path Integrated Attenuation dB oe nn max h Z Radar Reflectivity dBZ 10 log De N D D nn from min h to max h z Attenuated Radar Reflec dBZ Z PIA tivity RR Rain Rate mm h LWC Liquid Water Contents gm VV Fall Velocity m s See MRR Physical Basics for details The measured data are displayed in lines following the header For each measured variable there is one line starting with a 3 character identifier of the variable Each line represents a profile of this variable i e a function versus height Each data entry is 7 characters wide Height is running from left to rig
62. n 5 2 0 1 header 1015 1050 0 6890 0 6406 82 32 87 28 80 55 85 48 79 20 84 64 79 97 85 73 81 30 87 44 81 83 92 29 81 55 91 37 80 73 86 27 80 90 83 80 83 05 86 41 87 40 84 87 101 37 81 59 86 14 80 78 81 78 79 66 76 73 77 10 71 53 73 66 66 92 70 42 63 54 67 66 61 18 65 18 59 40 62 92 57 99 61 00 56 68 59 54 55 98 58 11 55 69 56 56 55 26 55 36 54 98 54 80 55 01 54 55 55 34 54 59 55 99 54 97 57 05 55 43 58 37 56 19 59 79 57 31 61 23 58 70 63 05 60 24 65 50 61 53 67 89 63 32 70 14 65 92 73 07 68 62 76 39 71 30 79 54 74 26 83 17 77 12 85 09 80 29 87 09 85 37 86 62 91 70 83 35 92 25 81 10 86 14 80 06 83 99 79 82 83 16 79 51 81 42 79 59 79 92 78 87 78 53 78 05 77 95 78 44 77 73 79 02 77 82 78 91 78 16 78 58 78 48 78 98 78 59 79 24 78 03 79 33 77 11 78 68 76 41 77 96 76 73 78 26 line 1085 0 4225 83 34 84 48 84 43 84 42 89 43 90 26 86 63 87 24 86 95 83 71 78 92 74 26 69 46 65 20 61 51 58 70 56 98 56 03 55 55 55 21 55 17 55 47 55 78 56 32 56 92 57 81 59 16 60 88 62 82 64 76 66 56 68 60 71 44 74 75 77 61 79 88 79 07 76 80 75 03 73 43 71 92 70 68 69 50 68 44 67 83 67 78 68 51 69 91 71 48 73 16 75 32 76 51 77 15 77 54 77 33 77 07 77 51 78 96 79 56 79 12 METEK F62 F63
63. nts Result Radio spectrum EN 300 440 1 V1 3 1 2001 09 Test Report R amp TTE Article 3 2 EN 300 440 2 V1 1 1 2001 09 Marking The product shall be signed with CE our notified body num E berand the Class Il identifier Alert sign as shown right C hand The scope of this evaluation relates to the submitted documents only The certificate is only valid in conjunction with the following ndmb r of exes E NP page Kul 9 Number of annexes 1 Ly K Saarbr cken 18 10 2004 P AR 3 3 Place Date of Issue Signed by Ernst di gi Notified Body Y x Benai CETECOM ICT Services GmbH Untertiirkheimer Stra e 6 10 D 66117 Saarbr cken Germany http www cetecom de 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 47 CETECOM ICT Services GmbH EC Identification number 0682 authorized by the German Government to act as Notified Body in accordance with the R amp TTE Directive 1999 5 EC of 09 March 1999 Registration No Certificate Holder Product Designation Product Description Product Manufacturer CERTIFICATE EXPERT OPINION E814169R EO METEK Meteorologische MeBtechnik GmbH Fritz Stra mann Str 4 D 25337 Ehnshorn Mikro Regen Radar MRR PreWeS24 Radar System METEK Meteorologische Mefitechnik GmbH Fritz Stra mann Str 4 D 25337 Elmshorn Essential requirements Radio spectrum R amp TTE Article 3 2 Specifications Standards Submitted documents
64. ptional 6 1 Installation may be skipped 6 1 Installation For installing the Control Program Insert the CD ROM Login as administrator Open the program group my computer icon on the desktop Open the folder for the CD ROM device e Change to the folder METEKMMrrCtrl e With the right mouse key click on the file Mrr XXXXXX inf e Activate the install menu The files are copied and the registry of the PC is updated When the copy process has finished reboot the PC Note The data flow rate from the MRR to the PC requires that the PC re sponse time does not exceed certain limits If the PC was configured and deli vered by METEK optional meeting of this request is warranted Any modern PC with medium performance is basically sufficient to run the Control Program without flaws if there are not too many other tasks running simultaneously Particularly virus scanning programs may slow down the PC below the mini mum possible value In that case the data records are corrupted Check the integrity of recorded data by visual inspection or by some automated proce dure 6 2 Using the Control Program After login to the operating system open a command line window and enter the command MrrCtrl exe The following dialogue window appears The screenshots in this manual were taken from a Windows 2000 system 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 17 Nama of remote PC UserName metet Password D
65. r diameter of max 49 mm The socket is fastened with an M10 screw 10 mm Connect a ground wire to this screw which serves as a surge protector The pivot 9 is factory adjusted so that vertical orientation of the mounting tube socket results in a vertical orientation of the antenna beam Ignore the scale on the pivot The parabolic dish must not be moved in its pivot 9 because this would cause beam deviations from vertical and would result in errone ous measurements The transmitting and receiving properties of the antenna affect the radar cali bration Therefore the reflector surface should be clean e g free from leaves or wet snow For the same reason any mechanical deformation of the para bolic dish must be avoided If nevertheless obvious deformation occurred the reflector must be replaced 4 2 2 Antenna Heating Option Figure 2 Antenna Heating 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 The back side of the reflector is optionally eguipped with a heating coil It is covered and sealed with a molded lid 11 which provides also extra stability for the reflector The energy consumption increases with decreasing tempera tures and amounts to maximum 500 W The heating is activated when the temperature falls below a threshold which can be adjusted in the heating junction box 13 The heating coil works with 230 VAC voltage supply and needs an extra power cable which is connected to 1 4 2 3 RA
66. r the RCPD and Transceiver is also passed through cable 7 Note The junction box is not appropriate for outdoor operation 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 11 4 2 5 Cable RCPD Junction Box Figure 5 Cable between Junction Box and RCPD The cable has a length of 25 m on both ends are screwed plugs male and female respectively They must be screwed onto the matching plugs at the junction box cable has pins and at the RCPD cable has sockets 4 2 6 Cable Junction Box PC Figure 6 Cable Junction Box PC Data cable with a 9 pin female and a 25 pin male plug and a length of 1 5 m is delivered This cable is not appropriate for outdoor applications 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 12 4 2 7 Control and Evaluation Computer PC A personal computer PC with the operating system Windows 2000 or XP serves for setting the operation parameters and data evaluation of the MRR Windows Vista and Windows 7 are not supported The PC must have at least one serial port which will be configured by the con trol program as follows 57600 baud 8 data bits no parity software protocol XON XOFF no hardware protocol handshake Pinning D Sub 25 socket at the device Pin 2 RD received data to the device Pin 3 TD transmitted data from the device Pin7 GND ground The control program which is needed to operate the MRR 2 is part of delivery Its installation and operation is
67. rol Commands Menu Contre Commands x Abot A Forces the end of the actus average rterval data 2 wd be anime and a new interval di be stated FF Adani interval length to malina clock Peut Reset MAR to power on stake iysbem patente ae net changed he _ Figure 11 Control Commands Abort Averaging The current averaging interval is stopped Data collected since the begin of the averaging interval are processed and a new averaging interval is started regardless of elapsed averaging time Adjust interval length to real time clock This checkbox activates the synchronization of measuring intervals to the ac tual time of day This means every output of averaged data will occur at round times Example If the measuring time has been set to 600 seconds output will be generated at every full 10 min Reset Pressing this button will perform a reset of the RCPD firmware There is no influence on the MRR 2 parameters It has the same effect as an interruption of the power supply 6 2 3 Output Parameters Menu 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 21 Dr pam Parameters v 0 Figure 12 Output Parameters 5 ru p ee The two upper panels shown in Figure 12 Sonne Z Specta contain check boxes for configuring selec F Do Someta Crap Specto tions of averaged data and instantaneous Kroner are data separately for recording Instantane S SST ous data are processed on the basis of i
68. the Physical Basics shows how to derive from the received spectral power the number of drops for this drop size class and finally by divison through the variable class width the spectral drop densities Only a sub set of all 64 spectral bins is considered for the calculation The lower min h and upper limit max h depends on the height as described in MRR Physical Basics Fig 7 In case of negative values of Fnn negative drop number densities are calcu lated Although they have no physical meaning they are retained in order to avoid statistical biases PIA Path Integrated Attenuation The two way Path integrated attenuation by rain drops is calculated as de scribed in chapter 3 2 MRR Physical Basis and is used for correction of Nnn Z RR and LWC z Attenuated Radar Reflectivity z is the radar reflectivity factor see chapter 3 1 MRR Physical Basics without attenuation correction Z Radar Reflectivity Z is the radar reflectivity factor see chapter 3 1 MRR Physical Basics RR Rain Rate RR is the rain rate see chapter 3 3 MRR Physical Basics 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 34 LWC Liguid Water Content LWC is the liguid water content see eguation 3 2 1 MRR Physical Basics 9 In case of low signal to noise ratio negative values can occur Although they have no physical meaning they are retained in order to avoid statistical biases W Fall Velocity W is the chara
69. tromagnetic transmitters freguency permission might be necessary The operator of the system will be liable for the achievement of such permission However METEK will be of help with providing adeguate information Copies of the certi fications for Germany can be found in chapter 6 of this manual 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 2 How to use this manual The delivered hardware items are described in section 4 Make sure that the delivery is complete and free of damage Consult section 5 for setting up the hardware In section 6 the installation and use of the control software is de scribed The technical specifications are listed in section 8 Section 7 contains more detailed information which is not needed for stan dard operation All auxiliary information marked by a grey vertical line on the left margin may be skipped at first reading as it is not needed for standard setting up and op eration 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 3 Measuring Principle The Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 retrieves guantitative rain rates drop size dis tributions radar reflectivity fall velocity of hydro meteors and other rain pa rameters simultaneously on vertical profiles up to several kilometers above the radar It operates with electromagnetic radiation at a freguency of 24 GHz with a modulation of 0 5 15 MHz according to the height resolution e g 300 m 10 m The radiation is transmitted vert
70. urther values and the recording of the data can be done with the MRR 2 control program de scribed below The software is divided into two components e Communication Data and Error Service CDES Control Program User Interface CPUI DCES communicates directly with the connected MRR 2 and CPUI performs the operational control of the MRR 2 using CDES By means of this the user can interrogate or change the system status in a comfortable way Windows Service Programs Service programs are software components which are started automatically when the machine is turned on and the operating system boots They offer their services e g control functions and data to other programs The man agement of those programs must be provided by the operating system The starting of a service program needs no manual operation Only take care that the corresponding service is not deactivated Various details of the usage of services depend on the operating system For this reason the used operating system must be Windows 2000 or XP Win dows Vista and Windows 7 are not supported 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 41 71 Communication Data and Error Service CDES 7 1 1 Communication Service This service is needed for the communication between the control program user interface CPUI and the control port of the MRR 2 which is implemented as a serial interface With CDES the system settings of the MRR
71. vel see Figure 8 Bubble level Bubble level Pd P PIA i 2 0 I b KY Beam N p Zi x direction UE N E Z Ce a Y MI Ben dd Figure 8 Vertical alignmet of the radar beam Attach a ground wire to the fixing bolt for lightning protection Connect cable 7 between RCPD and Junction Box after mounting of the antenna Connect cable 5 to that serial interface of the computer which was se lected in the operating system for the connection of the MRR 2 If this serial port is unknown it can be looked up in the administration of the services in the operating system of the computer and it can be changed accordingly there See also installation of the control program page 16 ff Connect cable 6 of the Junction Box to the mains voltage of 230 VAC cable 6 Establish the communication between the control program MRR 2 Con trol and the RCPD firmware Check the correct data transmission and recording 07 2009 Version 5 2 0 1 METEK Micro Rain Radar MRR 2 16 6 Control Program If the PC for controlling the MRR 2 with was not ordered separately the programs for controlling the MRR 2 and for data recording are delivered on a CD ROM and must be instaled on a PC with operating system Windows 2000 or Windows XP Older Windows versions Windows Vista or Windows 7 are not supported If the PC was configured and delivered by METEK o

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