CURRENT STATUS OF BMKG’s W

DATA QU
and IN-HOUSE PRODUCTS

Riris Adriyanto1), Donaldi S. Permana2), Iddam

1) Division for Remote Sensing Data Management,
2)Division for Meteorology R&D, Ce
 Existing & Planned Weather Radar
BMKG
Existing:
36 C-Band
(Single Pol
4 X-Band R
(1 Single P
3 Dual Pola
27 Radar Site
HQ (HDSS Rad

Existing & Planned:

Existing Radars (40)

Planned in 2017 (1 Radar)

Planned 19 new
D-pol radars (2018 ~ …)

Remark : Radar’s Coverage 150 km (C-band) ; 400 km (S-band) ; 75 km (X-band)

 Weather Radar Sites (as of Ma
BMKG

No Radar Name Manufacturer Band No Radar Name

1 Ambon Vaisala C-Band 22 Medan
2 Balikpapan EEC C-Band 23 Merauke
3 Banda Aceh Gematronik C-Band 24 Nias
4 Bandar Lampung EEC C-Band
25 Padang
5 Banjarmasin EEC C-Band
26 Palangkaraya
6 Bengkulu Gematronik C-Band
Biak EEC C-Band 27 Palembang
7
8 Bima Gematronik C-Band 28 Palu
9 Cilacap EEC X-Band 29 Pangkal Pinang
10 Denpasar EEC C-Band 30 Pangkalanbun
11 Gorontalo EEC C-Band 31 Pekanbaru
12 Jambi Gematronik C-Band 32 Pontianak
13 Jayapura EEC C-Band 33 Semarang
14 Kendari EEC C-Band Sorong
34
15 Kupang Baron C-Band
35 Surabaya
16 Majene EEC X-Band
36 Tangerang
17 Makassar Gematronik C-Band
Manado Gematronik C-Band 37 Tarakan
18
19 Masamba EEC X-Band 38 Ternate
20 Mataram Gematronik C-Band 39 Timika
21 Maumere Gematronik C-Band 40 Yogyakarta
Black = Integrated to HQ System Blue = Not yet integrated to HQ Syst
 BMKG RDQC
 INTERNAL
1. Quality of Calibration
2. Optimizing Scanning Strategy
3. Post Processing
 have been implemented from 2015

 EXTERNAL
1. Dual / Multi Radar Doppler (Composite) 
implemented from 2009
2. Other Surface Observation System (AWS/A
next plan
INTERNAL RDQC
1. Quality of Calibration

Calibration Technique:
Hardware and Software Calibration
Supporting System Calibration

 BMKG’s schedule for Weather Radar Maint

Calibration with its contractors (local compan
engineer from radar manufacturer): 2 x/year
INTERNAL RDQC
2. Optimizing Scanning Strategy
This Quality Control include :
Optimizing Parameter of Scanning Strategy (Clutter Filter
Thresholding)

Standard Parameter of Filtering and Optimized Paramete

Thresholding Threshol
 INTERNAL RDQC
2. Optimizing Scanning Strategy pa
Implementing Effective Maximum Range, Maxim
(Nyquist) for Operational Use
Implementing Best Scanning Strategy that consi
Topography Condition
Implementing Conditional Scheduler to cope wi
Weather

3. Post Processing
1.Clutter Filtering
2.Attenuation Correction
3.Bright Band Echo Correction
4.Masking / Occultation
5.Vertical Profile Correction
INTERNAL RDQC
Post Processing Implementatio
Post Processing
Implementation
Post Processing
Implementation
 EXTERNAL RDQC
1. Dual/Multi Doppler Radar (Composite)
 This data QC has been implemented for Weather Radars those are connected to HQ
The Composite RDQC algorithm was developed by the National Severe Storms Lab
& has been implemented into the preprocessing of radar integration system (HDSS)
 This algorithm ingests high resolution raw radar data and performs quality contro
individual radar
 very important in order to produce clean radar mosaics and excellent estimates of
The Composite RDQC uses several steps to perform quality control on the individua
a neural network.
Steps contained in the RDQC are :
Terrain blockages are removed - only beam clearance >50 m and beam blockag
radar reflectivity echoes.
Speckle filter - range gates are pre-classified so that echo sizes less than a thres

Noise removal is performed - reflectivity below noise thresholds are removed

Sun strobes and test patterns are eliminated - each radial is checked for reflect
correlation coefficient >0.80.
Non-precipitation echoes are removed - echo top thresholds are applied to con
the height of echo top is greater than a threshold height as precipitation.
EXTERNAL RDQC
Implementation
Figure below shows examples of the RDQCA processing applied t
radar in Jakarta), before and after images (data after application of
 EXTERNAL RDQC
2. Other Surface Observation System (not yet

 This QC include :
1. Performs an objective analysis on the available
2. Compares the radar derived estimates to the r
analysis to determine biases in the radar data.
3. Corrects the radar derived rainfall estimates b
gauge measurements.

 Challenges that we experience in this QC m

1. Distribution of AWS/ARG
2. Data Quality and Continuity
Processing
Clutter removal
Attenuation correction

Permana et al (2016) – Weather rad

Clutter removal

clutter removal
Gabella et al (2002)

Permana et al (2016) – Weather rad

Attenuation correction

Kraemer et al (2008)

Permana et al (2016) – Weather rad

WRADLIB VS. RAINBOW® (GEMATRO

Permana et al (2016) – Weather rad

WRADLIB VS. FROG-MURAN® (BARO

Permana et al (2016) – Weather rad

OUTPUT (1)

TANGER

LAMPUNG
OUTPUT (2)
SURABAYA BENGKU
REGIONAL KOMPOSITE-1 (JAWA-BALI)

REGIONAL K
(SUMATERA
Summary
 As of 2017, 40 Doppler weather radars (single / dual polar
band) have been deployed by BMKG; 20 additional new g
radars are needed to obtain minimum nation-wide radar
 Current radar data QC implemented in BMKG :
 Internal radar data QC : built-in radar data processing softw
 External radar data QC : using RDQCA developed by NSSL-
radar integration system)
 Future plan for External radar data QC : open for externa
collaborations/technical assistance
 Using rain gauges data – network density issues
 Spsce-borne/satellite precipitation radar products - GSMaP
 On-going development by BMKG: In-house Radar Integr
 Expected outcome :
 Processing raw data to produce radar QPE and QPF – open
collaborations
 Challenges :
 Non-homogeneity in surface precipitation measurements
 Data continuity due to radar hardware problems
 Radar data for NWP assimilations – external collaborations
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