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A Doppler on Wheels recorded winds of 263–271 mph (423–436 km/h) approximately 30–50 m (98–164 ft) above the radar level. Following calculations to more accurately determine peak wind speeds, it was published that ground-relative winds of 309–318 mph (497–512 km/h) could be observed briefly to the immediate east of the main circulation.
Pulse-Doppler radar for aircraft detection has two modes. Scan; Track; Scan mode involves frequency filtering, amplitude thresholding, and ambiguity resolution. Once a reflection has been detected and resolved, the pulse-Doppler radar automatically transitions to tracking mode for the volume of space surrounding the track.
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A recent study by researchers at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory using Doppler Radar scans suggests the current methods of measuring tornadoes may be underestimating the twister's true ...
The Langley Hill Doppler radar (KLGX) is a National Weather Service NEXRAD Doppler weather radar station on the Pacific coast of Washington State, in the United States. Prior to its construction, Washington's Olympic Peninsula coast was the only portion of the U.S. coastline without weather radar coverage, and "virtually no radar coverage [is] available over the ocean, where the majority of ...
He is the Director of the SMART radar program at OU. [22] Howard Bluestein, Steering Committee, Scientific PI, Professor University of Oklahoma specializes in violent weather phenomena and provides expertise with Doppler weather radar. He is a professor in meteorology.
The secondary radar antenna array rides atop the primary radar dish at the radar site, with both rotating at approximately 12 revolutions per minute. The Digital Airport Surveillance Radar (DASR) is a newer TRACON radar system, replacing the old analog systems with digital technology.
Animated radar loop (left, storm-relative velocity; right, reflectivity) of the nearly stationary supercell thunderstorm that spawned the EF3 tornado from 5:36–7:33 p.m. CDT (2236–0033 UTC). A large, very slow-moving, and erratic tornado remained on the ground for just over an hour as it executed a cyclonic loop in Ottawa County south of ...