Please explain the purpose of operation: |
To provide high-resolution, high-update data over the region of interest, supporting both real-time, on-the ground decisions by partner entities.
The Santa Clara Valley currently has very poor radar coverage due to its topography. With the onset of the yearly monsoon phenomenon there is potential for very large rainfall amounts from weather systems coming from the Pacific Ocean, capable of devastating effects on infrastructure and people. The proposed X-band radar deployment will provide high-resolution, high-update data over the region of interest, supporting both real-time, on-the ground decisions by partner entities (water management, weather forecast office, emergency management) and different aspects of research on forecasting and monitoring rainfall from such weather systems. |