Fixed Ground-based Observing Systems

The radar network consists of two research radars, S-Pol (SPol) near Idalia, Colorado and CSU-CHILL (CHIL) near Bethune, Colorado and the NWS WSR-88D located at Goodland (KGLD), Kansas. All the areas of dual-Doppler coverage are shaded with the CHIL-SPol research dual-Doppler areas also shown by circles passing through the locations of these radars. There will also be triple-Doppler coverage within and surrounding the CHIL-SPol-KGLD triangle. The NMIMT lightning mapping system will be located within this inner triple-Doppler coverage area. Topographic heights are contoured every 1000 ft, with a 3-peat pattern of thickness starting at 3000 ft just east of Goodland (radar network provided by L. Jay Miller).