Open AccessPolarimetric Doppler Weather Radar
Author(s) -
Belville James D.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000184
Subject(s) - radar , milestone , weather radar , doppler radar , meteorology , software deployment , remote sensing , upgrade , doppler effect , environmental science , computer science , telecommunications , geography , physics , archaeology , astronomy , operating system
Weather radar has been used by meteorologists throughout the world since the 1940s as a valuable remote sensing technology. A significant milestone was reached in the late 1980s when the first of a network of 158 Weather Surveillance Radar‐1988 Doppler (WSR‐88D) weather radars was installed in central Oklahoma. The WSR‐88D system was designed to accommodate change as advances in science and technology matured enough to be integrated economically into the system. The first major technological upgrade, the improved Radar Product Generator, is nearing completion of deployment.