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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 ...
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MyRadar is a free weather forecasting application developed by Andy Green and his Orlando, Florida-based company ACME AtronOmatic (ACME).The app began operations in 2008 and ran on government-provided weather and radar data for its first decade.
A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. [1] It does this by bouncing a microwave signal off a desired target and analyzing how the object's motion has altered the frequency of the returned signal.
DOW data revealed some of the most intense tornadic winds ever recorded (the Bridge Creek–Moore tornado, 3 May 1999, the El Reno tornado, 31 May 2013, and the Greenfield, Iowa Tornado, 21 May 2024), [16] [17] and the largest tornadic circulation ever documented (the Cimarron City–Mulhall–Perry Tornado, which also occurred on 3 May, 1999 ...
AN/APN-218 development of AN/APN-218 Doppler radar navigation system by Teledyne for B-1B B-52G/H KC-135 C-130 and F-111G [citation needed] AN/APN-220 development of AN/APN-218 Doppler radar by Teledyne; AN/APN-221 development of AN/APN-208 Doppler radar by Canadian Marconi Company for C-141 and HH-53H, MH-53J
An early-warning radar is any radar system used primarily for the long-range detection of its targets, i.e., allowing defences to be alerted as early as possible before the intruder reaches its target, giving the air defences the maximum time in which to operate.