NEXRAD & Radar Data Products

DeTect, Inc. radar detection technologies and systems

NEXRAD & RADAR DATA PRODUCTS

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NEXRAD & RADAR DATA PRODUCTS

DeTect specializes in programming, operating, processing and delivery of radar data products and systems .

NEXRAD Systems & Products:

Processed NEXRAD imagery showing heavy bird migration from Cuba to the Florida (24 hour loop) DeTect staff have been designing, developing and operating systems using data from the U.S. National Weather Service network of NEXt generation RADars weather radars (WSR-88D or NEXRAD) since 1998 having developing the first operable network for detection and tracking of bird movements in near-real time for the US, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. DeTect currently is the developer, host and operator the largest, most comprehensive NEXRAD bird detection and tracking radar system in the world - the USAF/ANG Avian Hazard Advisory system (see www.usahas.com).

DeTect is also a principal member of the Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA), a National Science Foundation-funded partnership that includes major universities such as the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Oklahoma, and Colorado State University and private industry partners.

Automated NEXRAD data processing center in DeTect's Panama City facility DeTect's NEXRAD services & capabilities include:

NEXRAD data processing & algorithm development
Network design, hosting & operation
Database management
Data processing & delivery
Coverage modeling & analysis
Custom programming

Radar Data Delivery & Analysis :

Windbarb plot of vertical profiler radar data showing wind directions and speeds in the upper atmosphere DeTect provides a full range of radar data products and analysis services for radar systems, that includes automated, real-time processing and historical data analysis. DeTect maintains the largest database in the world on bird and bat activity that includes over five years of bird density and migratory data for the continental United States. This dataset can be used to model historical bird activity at project sites with avian issues (airports, wind farms, landfills, mines) as well as support migratory research. The company maintains a dedicated data processing lab in Panama City, Florida for analysis services. :

Processed NEXRAD data image showing bird density levels (cold to hot colors denote increasing intensity) and terrain blocked areas (black areas) Radar data capabilities include:

Web-based radar data delivery systems
data sales
database mining & querying
SQL database processing
Custom programming
Query development
Statistical analysis
Data QA/QC

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS...

Google 3-dimensional real-time on-line AHAS data product for military flight bird strike risk management

USAF/ANG Avian Hazard Advisory System - DeTect staff developed and DeTect and AET Environmental currently operate the USAF/ANG AHAS system that provides military flying units with near-real time bird risk ratings for all military training routes, ranges and airfields for the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. The highly automated system processing NEXRAD data from 148 radars sites 24-7 and provides the strike risk via the AHAS website in both table and imagery formats. In 2007, the system is being expanded to provide real-time, user navigable data in 3-D Google Earth format with color-coded risk (green = LOW; yellow = MODERATE; Red = SEVERE) that and user selectable supplemental data layers. See www.usahas.com

Avian Flu interactive website using DeTect's real-time processed NEXRAD bird density data to provide support to US Air National Guard units for outbreak response

U.S. AIr National Guard dBird Avian Flu web portal & response support system- DeTect is supporting MACROSystems, Inc. on the dBird web portal for the ANG to support centralized Avian Flu data management and response for the US. The system will map birds test results for the HPAI virus nationwide and will include enhanced AHAS functionality to support ANG First Response units in identifying and tracking regional bird activity, directional flow and roost site with real-time processed NEXRAD data in the event of an outbreak. See www.dBird.us

Processed NEXRAD radar bird density data for wildlife refuge study area

Migratory Bird Study of St. Marks & St. Vincents, Florida - DeTect was contracted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a radar study to assess level of use of the St. Marks and St. Vincents Refuges as wintering habitat and migratory stopover. The study conducted an analysis of current and historical processed NEXRAD data to assess bird activity relative to the refuges and the surrounding areas.

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DeTect is a Principal Member of:

http://www.casa.umass.edu/

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