Stories Tagged ‘dual-pol’

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2013 NOAA National Weather Radar Testbed Spring Experiments

Monday, May 6th, 2013  ·  Posted in Radar Research News

During the 2013 central Oklahoma severe weather season, researchers will demonstrate and evaluate new capabilities developed for the NOAA National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar (NWRT/PAR).

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NSSL leverages new technologies in winter weather experiment

Thursday, February 7th, 2013  ·  Posted in Radar Research News

NSSL and collaborators will leverage new technology including dual-polarized radar observations and a precipitation reporting mobile device app to improve forecasts of winter weather during February and March.

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A debris ball from a tornado is detected by dual-polarized radar near Huntsville, Ala.

Dual-pol debris balls

Monday, May 7th, 2012  ·  Posted in Photo of the Month

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Spread the word: We need your precipitation reports!

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012  ·  Posted in Radar Research News

NSSL is now collecting two types of winter weather reports from the public to help evaluate the performance of a new winter weather precipitation algorithm.

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NSSL uses weather radar clutter to help biologists

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011  ·  Posted in Radar Research News

Dual-polarized weather radar can estimate the number of bats in a swarm similar to the way it can estimate the number of raindrops in a cloud.

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