pyrad.proc.process_vad#

pyrad.proc.process_vad(procstatus, dscfg, radar_list=None)[source]#

Estimates vertical wind profile using the VAD (velocity Azimuth Display) technique

Parameters:

  • procstatus (int) – Processing status: 0 initializing, 1 processing volume, 2 post-processing

  • dscfg (dictionary of dictionaries) –

    data set configuration. Accepted Configuration Keywords:

    datatype : string. Dataset keyword
    The input data type, must contain
    "V" or "Vc"

  • radar_list (list of Radar objects) – Optional. list of radar objects

Returns:

  • new_dataset (dict) – dictionary containing the output fields “wind_vel_h_u”, “wind_vel_h_v”, “wind_vel_v”, “estV”, “stdV”, and “diffV”

  • ind_rad (int) – radar index