go-nexrad

README

go-nexrad: NEXRAD Data Processing with Go

Go Tools for processing NEXRAD binary data.

Features

• NEXRAD Level 2 (Archive II Format) Processing
  • Products
    • Reflectivity (REF)
    • Velocity (VEL)
    • Spectrum Width (SW)
    • Correlation Coefficient (RHO)
    • Differential Reflectivity (ZDR)

Sample Image

Reflectivity Radar for Hurricane Harvey after making landfall from the KCRP (Corpus Christy Radar site).

Resources

• NOAA - Introduction to Doppler Radar - Overview of Doppler Radar Technology
• WSR-88D Govenment Training Course - Overview of the WSR-88D Radar and system components.
• NWS WSR-88D Radar Fundamentals - Slide Deck - Kevin Skow National Weather Service, Des Moines, IA
• AWS S3 NEXRAD Data Browser - Amazon hosted NEXRAD data.
• GCP Cloud Storage Console - NEXRAD Data Browser - Google hosted NEXRAD data.