Operational Application of Meteorological Doppler Radar

Abstract

Single Doppier weather radar velocity and reflectivity fields have been obtained with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) 5 cm radars for a wide variety of weather situations. Among those weather features that can be identified by means of color displays are the vertical variation of wind with height in widespread precipitation, frontal boundaries, gust fronts, "downbursts," tornadoes, hurricane winds, wind shears dangerous to aircraft, and winds in the boundary layer in clear air.