News tagged with doppler radar

Stretched-out low soaking the Caribbean in GOES-13 satellite imagery

GOES-13 satellite imagery on June 9 shows that the pesky low pressure area in the north Caribbean Sea is stretching out and bringing soaking rains to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tornado forecasting pushes scientific limits

Ernest Fawbush and Robert Miller made the first ever tornado forecast in March of 1948 using only paper, pencil, and a World War II-era radar -- but tornado forecasting has changed dramatically since that ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Satellite images: Hook echoes, debris and damage

This image shows the radar reflectivity from the National Weather Service Doppler Radar in Birmingham, Ala. at 5:10 p.m. CDT on April 27, 2011, as a supercell thunderstorm moved across the city. The radar ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

169 years after its discovery, Doppler effect found even at molecular level

Whether they know it or not, anyone who's ever gotten a speeding ticket after zooming by a radar gun has experienced the Doppler effect – a measurable shift in the frequency of radiation based on the motion of an object, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Inside a snowstorm: Scientists obtain close-up look at Old Man Winter

In this winter of heavy snows--with more on the way this week--nature's bull's-eye might be Oswego, N.Y., and the nearby Tug Hill Plateau.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A day in the life of Doppler-on-wheels

'Tis the season ... for snow. Thundersnow.

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created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Doppler radars help increase monsoon rainfall prediction accuracy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doppler weather radar will significantly improve forecasting models used to track monsoon systems influencing the monsoon in and around India, according to a research collaboration including Purdue University, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tornado threat increases as Gulf hurricanes get larger (w/ Video)

Tornadoes that occur from hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf Coast are increasing in frequency, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This increase seems to reflect the increase ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dry autumns and winters may lead to fewer tornadoes in the spring

Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Tech advancements improving accuracy in predicting weather

Study weather reports online, and you might want to give up on meteorology. "Deadly" storms fizzle, while weaker-looking fronts devastate. Temperatures often soar above predicted highs or plummet below predicted lows.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1