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Regional Radar Loop
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National Doppler Radar Sites
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National Weather Service (NWS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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U.S. Department of Commerce
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Radar Data
Unisys Weather, Unisys Corporation
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Radar Image For North America
IPS MeteoStar® (IPSM),
Information Processing Systems of
California, Inc. (IPS)
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Australia Weather Radar Maps
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Airborne weather radar equipment requirements.
Federal Aviation Regulation Sec. 121.357,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
Department of Transportation (DOT)
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NOAA RESEARCHERS RETRIEVE WEALTH OF DATA AFTER CHASING HURRICANE ISABEL
Story 2092, NOAA News Online,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Radar Operations Center
NEXRAD WSR-88D Radar Operations Center (ROC),
National Weather Service (NWS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Radar Interpretation
Loren Gmachl & Dale Morris, Oklahoma Mesonet,
EarthStorm, Oklahoma Climatological Survey,
University of Oklahoma (OU)
(Adobe PDF file)
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RADAR Research and Development
Weather Research, Weather Radar
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Weather Radar
EverythingWeather.com
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Our atmosphere is constantly changing. The state of the atmosphere and
how it changes is what we call weather. The immense ocean of
air in which we live has the ability to reconfigure itself quickly on many
different scales; this serves as a source of wonder, pleasure,
vexation and danger.
Because weather can influence our lives so greatly, it has become necessary
to make attempts to accurately predict it. During the last century
weather prediction grew from little more than an art into a well-recognized
discipline within the now-robust science of meteorology (the study of the
atmosphere and its components). Prediction, by its very nature, is less
than perfect; because of this imperfection and the significant effects
weather exerts on our daily lives, the weatherman became fodder
for jokesters, skeptics and complainers. During my tenure as U.S. Air
Force meteorologist and weather forecaster, our jovial response to the
critics became, “Our forecast is guaranteed. If it fails for any
reason, we’ll give you a new one.”
The quality of weather prediction has improved dramatically over the
last 30 years. Numerical models, satellite imagery, doppler radar and
other state-of-the-art technologies have revolutionized the field of
meteorology. Nearly gone is the moniker of weatherman, in great
part because many of today’s meteorologists are women. Forecasting
the weather is still far from perfect, but great strides have been made
— especially in the arenas of severe storm prediction and tropical
meteorology. As accuracy has improved, respect has grown for
meteorologists and their role as protectors of the public interest.
Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson.
Original article published prior to 13 April 2003, updated
29 March 2004.
Follow links to the right to learn more about radar weather and weather radar resources.
At the left margin, Related Links address topics of interest
pertaining to weather equipment, severe weather and meteorology. View the
Weather & Meteorology SiteMap
for a complete list of meteorology and weather-related topics.
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