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Some other accomplishments using Doppler radar

• Development of the first automated algorithm for mesocyclone detection
• First real time display of quantified Doppler velocity data
• Discovery of tornado-related signatures (1973)
• Development of an algorithm to estimate hail size
• Automatic detection of gust fronts and divergence
• Mapping, with one radar, the boundary layer divergence in advance of storm development
• Development of the Warning Decision Support System
• Website: www.nssl.noaa.gov/40thanniversary

Notes:
The mesocyclone algorithm is one that has continued to evolve over the years. The TVS signature and its properties were discovered in data collected on the Union City tornadic storm in 1973. The hail size algorithm began with the work of Arthur Witt. The gust front and divergence algorithms are ones that has been modified by Lincoln Labs to be implemented on the TDWR. But they use the basic concepts developed at NSSL by Larry Hennington. The WDSS contains algorithms to detect and notify on-line meteorologists of hail, mesocyclones, tornadic circulations, downbursts, and gust fronts, and as well to track and predict storm movement. The website is useful to find not only other accomplishments made with NSSL weather radars, but other accomplishments in other fields (e.g., lightning, modeling, etc.)