Thursday, April 17, 2014

Doppler Radar

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2311.htm

Doppler radar is commonly used in weather forecasting for it is a specialized type of radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about an object at a distance.  The image above was taken of Hurricane Frances and Doppler radar was used to produce this detailed picture.  Doppler radar is also used in aviation, police speed guns, radiology, sounding satellites, and bistatic radar.   

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