Sunday, November 20, 2011

Doppler radar

http://kwilklab.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/polarimetric-doppler-radar-rocks-the-house/

The above image may look very familiar to everyone as what they might expect to see when watching a hurricane forecast. Doppler radar measures the amount of radar signal that is reflected off of an object, or the Doppler shift. Weather forecasters use Doppler radar to track storms and predict their movements. Above is an image of a hurricane as presented by a Doppler radar. The darker the color the more intense the rain clouds and wind.

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