Kunsan AB weather radar: RKJK

A NEXRAD WSR-88D weather radar in North Jeolla, South Korea, operated by United States Department of Defense.

Station
Kunsan AB (RKJK)
Site
Kunsan Air Base
Operator
United States Department of Defense
Network
NEXRAD WSR-88D
Antenna
35.924° N, 126.622° E, 24 m above sea level
Products
Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity, correlation coefficient, differential reflectivity, specific differential phase (KDP), spectrum width

RKJK is a weather radar of United States Department of Defense at Kunsan Air Base, listed as Kunsan AB, in North Jeolla, South Korea. The antenna stands 24 m above sea level. Gunsan lies 10 km northeast of the antenna.

The radar is a WSR-88D of the NEXRAD network, listed by the NWS as owned by the Department of Defense; Alerua reads its Level II data from the NEXRAD archive feed. The loop carries Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity, correlation coefficient, differential reflectivity, specific differential phase (KDP), spectrum width.

Radar shows rain, snow and hail, not cloud, and nothing below its lowest beam; far from the antenna the beam passes high above the ground.

Nearby

  • Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do 10 km northeast
  • Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do 49 km east
  • Iksan, Jeollabuk-do 30 km east
  • Daejeon, Daejeon 83 km northeast
  • Gwangju, Gwangju 90 km south
  • Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do 45 km southeast
  • Kimje, Jeollabuk-do 28 km southeast
  • Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do 47 km north

Nearby radars

  • Camp Humphreys (RKSG) 155 km north
  • Kadena AB (RODN) 1077 km south
  • Guam (PGUA) 3089 km southeast

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Sources: NWS WSR-88D radar list, NWS Radar Operations Center, network sites, Alerua radar registry.

Radar data: NOAA National Weather Service (NEXRAD). Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.