Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Dopplar Radar

NOAA National Weather Service Melbourne, Fla., Doppler radar image of Hurricane Frances taken at 11:34 p.m. EDT on Sept. 4, 2004, as the western edge of the powerful storm’s center moves inland on the Florida east coast.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2311.htm

Dopplar radar is a critical tool in modern day weather forecasting.  Doppler radar is a radar tracking system that uses the Dopplar effect to determine the location and velocity of a storm, clouds and precipitation.  The different colors represent different levels of precipitation and storm strength.  This picture represents Hurricane Frances making landfall in Florida in 2004.
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