Open AccessVHF wind‐profiler data as a teaching aid
Author(s) -
Pavelin E. G.,
Wang CG.,
Browning K. A.,
Berrisford P.,
Hoskins B. J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1017/s1350482703001002
Subject(s) - wind profiler , meteorology , radar , baroclinity , profiling (computer programming) , weather radar , range (aeronautics) , environmental science , computer science , climatology , geology , geography , telecommunications , aerospace engineering , engineering , operating system
Data from a VHF wind‐profiling radar are being used as a teaching aid in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. An example is given of data obtained during the passage of a train of baroclinic waves which shows how the radar, together with output from weather‐forecast models, can vividly illustrate processes occurring over a range of scales. Copyright © 2003 Royal Meteorological Society.