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Keynote Talk: A mobile rapid-scan radar: The quest for finer and balanced temporal and spatial scale observations
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO
A 6-beam rapid-scan mobile radar has been designed and has obtained 3D data in at least 2 tornadoes during 2005. The radar collected 10 sec 12 tilt volumetric data in two simultaneously occurring tornadoes on 09 June 2005 from a range of approximately 2-7 km with 38 m sampling. The Rapid-Scan DOW produces 6 0.8 degree beamwidth beams that are steered by transmitting a stepped chirp pulse with 6 frequencies separated by 76 MHz. Each beam is offset by 1 degree from adjacent beams. .
Session 12R, New Radar Technologies
Friday, 28 October 2005, 3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Alvarado ABCD
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