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AWIPS is a complex network of systems that ingests and integrates meteorological, hydrological, satellite, and radar data, and also processes and distributes the data to 135 Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) and River Forecast Centers (RFCs) nationwide.
Weather radar in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft Weather (WF44) radar dish University of Oklahoma OU-PRIME C-band, polarimetric, weather radar during construction. Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.).
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
On March 1, 1997, KTHV chief meteorologist Ed Buckner went on the air to cover a significant tornado outbreak that caused damage to much of Arkansas and produced destructive tornadoes. The coverage of the storm by Buckner and Tom Brannon, aided by an investment in Doppler weather radar, [19] was a turning point for the station.
Cicadas are showing up on weather radar in the Ohio Valley. This isn’t the first time a strange substance disrupted Evansville-area radar. In December 2018 , a minor mystery erupted when an ...
Radar geo-warping is the adjustment of geo-referenced radar images and video data to be consistent with a geographical projection.This image warping avoids any restrictions when displaying it together with video from multiple radar sources or with other geographical data including scanned maps and satellite images which may be provided in a particular projection.
Its capability of all-weather imaging and specific range of EMR spectrum enables it to be applicable in Digital elevation mapping, Vegetation cover mapping, Soil mapping, Archeological applications etc. Various satellite based sensors are using this kind of technology to produce Radar based remote sensing data (see RADARSAT, TerraSAR-X, Magellan).