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Aggregate reflectivity observations into volume storm cells #178

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@danielway

Build multi-elevation storm cells from the reflectivity observations produced by #164.

Scope

  • Associate spatially connected observations across available reflectivity elevations in one radar volume.
  • Represent each cell by its ground footprint and reflectivity-weighted ground-footprint centroid.
  • During live collection, update cells as elevations arrive and mark them provisional.
  • Finalize the volume-cell set when the volume completes.
  • Preserve enough geometry and provenance for temporal tracking and inspection.

Non-goals

  • Associating cells across volumes or estimating motion.
  • Distance-tool interaction.
  • Supporting non-reflectivity products.

Acceptance criteria

  • Representative vertically coherent observations aggregate into one volume cell according to documented rules.
  • Spatially distinct observations remain separate, including cases with overlap at only some elevations.
  • Provisional cells update deterministically as live elevations arrive and are visibly distinguishable from finalized cells.
  • Finalization is deterministic and does not retain stale observations from an earlier volume.
  • Every cell exposes its contributing sweeps, ground footprint, centroid, vertical extent, intensity summary, and provisional/final state.
  • Curated fixtures cover isolated cells, nearby cells, vertical gaps, incremental updates, and completion.
  • Aggregation decisions are pure and headlessly tested.

Depends on #164. Parent: #33

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