WINTRE-MIX: McGill VertiX Vertically Pointing Radar Data. Version 1.0

The McGill Radar Observatory operates 2 vertically pointing X-band radars (VertiX) at 2 sites on the island of Montreal. The vertically pointing X-band radars can detect all precipitation targets and some ice clouds. They can also measure the Doppler velocity of precipitation targets. They allow the production of very detailed radar images of weather as it passes overhead. The radar located at the McGill Radar site (JSM) on the west of the Island is dual-polarized while the one on Burnside Hall (BH) downtown is single polarized. The dual-polarization permits additional information on the variability of shapes of the precipitation targets that the single polarization radar cannot.

麦吉尔雷达观测站（McGill Radar Observatory）在蒙特利尔岛的两个站点部署并运行了2台垂直指向X波段雷达（VertiX）。此类垂直指向X波段雷达可探测所有降水目标及部分冰云，还能测量降水目标的多普勒速度（Doppler velocity），可在天气系统经过上空时生成极为精细的雷达影像。其中，位于蒙特利尔岛西侧麦吉尔雷达站点（JSM）的雷达为双极化（dual-polarized）雷达，而位于市中心伯恩赛德大厅（Burnside Hall，BH）的雷达则为单极化雷达。双极化技术可获取单极化雷达无法捕捉的降水目标形状变异性的额外信息。