A NEW FRONTIER FOR MOBILE WEATHER RADAR-THE ATMOSPHERIC IMAGING RADAR

Sector scans in most current mobile radars require about a minute to complete, so detailed observations of these phenomena have been rare. [...] new radars must obtain radar measurements over a large field-of-view (FOV), and within seconds, to investigate rapidly evolving phenomena.

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Published inBulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 90; no. 12; p. 1778
Main Authors Bodine, David, Isom, B, Palmer, R, Cheong, B L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston American Meteorological Society 01.12.2009
Subjects
Colleges & universities
Meteorology
Radar
Studies
Tornadoes
Weather forecasting
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Summary:Sector scans in most current mobile radars require about a minute to complete, so detailed observations of these phenomena have been rare. [...] new radars must obtain radar measurements over a large field-of-view (FOV), and within seconds, to investigate rapidly evolving phenomena.
ISSN:0003-0007
1520-0477