Using Suncal Results

The calibration results file contains information derived from the calibration including, for example:

Housekeeping information about the radar, such as the time, location, and site name.
Radar calibration numbers such as the noise level and the receiver bandwidth.
Numbers calculated from the sun such as the observed position of the sun, the pedestal angle errors, the area of the sun above threshold, the beam widths, and the peak power of the sun.

You can use the antenna offset errors to adjust axis offsets in RCP8 and the beam width to verify manufacturer's stated widths.

The following is an example results file. Your results file may be different.

results.sVersion = "8.12"
results.sSitename16 = "SIGMET, dry2"
results.sSitename3 = "DRY"
results.VolumeYmds.isec = 80657
results.VolumeYmds.imills = 2915
results.VolumeYmds.iyear = 2006
results.VolumeYmds.imon = 3
results.VolumeYmds.iday = 24
results.BeamYmds.isec = 80709
results.BeamYmds.imills = 2374
results.BeamYmds.iyear = 2006
results.BeamYmds.imon = 3
results.BeamYmds.iday = 24
results.FileYmds.isec = 80709
results.FileYmds.imills = 2382
results.FileYmds.iyear = 2006
results.FileYmds.imon = 3
results.FileYmds.iday = 24
results.fRadarLon = -70.99999996
results.fRadarLat = 41.10000003
results.fRadarAltitude = 95

# Expected location of the sun.
results.fSunAzPos = 263.0827948
results.fSunElPos = 21.18174355
# Results from processing the BEAM product.
results.fTargetArea = 1.483424239

# If 1, then continue processing.
results.bTargetAreaValid = 1
results.fFitError = 0.3933128975

# If 1, then continue processing.
results.bTargetFitValid = 1
results.fTargetAzPos = 263.0988999
results.fTargetElPos = 21.2056663
results.fTargetPowerSnr = -3.364420032
results.fTargetWidthAzRaw = 1.152942299
results.fTargetWidthAz = 1.074832609
results.fTargetWidthEl = 1.07264875
results.fTargetPowerTotal = -80.85394878
results.fTargetPowerSun = -85.86442003
results.fTarget3dBArea = 0.8191843212

# If 1, then continue processing.
results.bPositionsValid = 1
results.fAzError = 0.01610509038
results.fElError = 0.02392274305

# If 1, then the Az and El errors were within tolerance.
results.bAzElErrorsOK = 1

# Results from the Cross Pol BEAM product.
results.bXpolProcessed = 1
results.fXpol3dBArea = 0.8191843212

# If 1, then offset was calculated.
results.bXpolLdrOffsetValid = 1
results.fXpolLdrMeasured = -2.841477054E-15
results.fXpolLdrOffset = -0.9

# If 1, then the LDR offset error was within tolerance.
results.bXpolLdrOffsetOK = 1

# If 1, then positions were calculated.
results.bXpolPositionsValid = 1
results.fXpolTargetAzPos = 263.0988999
results.fXpolTargetElPos = 21.2056663

# Calibration numbers.
results.fI0Horiz = -81.15
results.fCalNoiseHoriz = -79.98
results.fRadarConstantHoriz = -33.26
results.fActNoiseHoriz = -82
results.fActNoiseVert = -82
results.fReceiverBandwidth = 1
results.iXmtPolarization = 0
results.fWaveLength = 5.4
results.fPulseWidth = 1
results.fOldLdrOffset = -0.9
results.fOldZdrOffset = 0.25