BEAM Product Generation

BEAM is a full screen cross-section format image showing range-averaged intensity in azimuth and elevation coordinates.

BEAM is used during calibration and alignment and to verify antenna patterns.

A BEAM product is automatically produced upon the completion of the sector scan.

This BEAM product range averages most of the bins. You can selectively skip nearby bins to avoid clutter.

The azimuth and elevation limits of the BEAM product are chosen to be slightly larger than your sector scan.

The BEAM product is placed in the specified directory.

• If you have an IRIS system running, place this in the /usr/iris_data/input directory, and configure a blank input pipe to read them. This means you can display them in IRIS.
• If you do not have IRIS, use the productx utility to view the BEAM product numerically.

If you requested a dual-polarization calibration, a second LDR BEAM product is produced, covering the same area.