Lect 02 Radar

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Lect 02 Radar. Radar. RA dio D etection A nd R anging Developed during WWII for detecting enemy aircraft Active remote sensor Transmits and receives pulses of E-M radiation Satellite is passive sensor (receives only). http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/radinfo/radinfo.html. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Lect 02Radar

Radar

RAdio Detection And Ranging

Developed during WWII for detecting

enemy aircraft

Active remote sensor

Transmits and receives pulses of E-M

radiation

Satellite is passive sensor (receives only)

http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/radinfo/radinfo.html

1.3. CAPPI maps at heights of (a) 3 km and (b) 7 km, near Montréal, Canada, on 3 August 1988 at 2135 UTC (1635 local time).

Greer, SC (KGSP)(http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/COMMENT.HTM)

Clear-Air Mode Precipitation Mode

(http://www.howstuffworks.com/radar1.htm)

(Williams 1992)

(http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/radar/part1/slide13.html)

Cannon AFB, NM (KCVS)Precipitation Mode

(http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/COMMENT.HTM)

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