Friday, November 26, 2010

Doppler Radar: Hurricane Charlie

Link here.
Doppler radar images are used to see what the weather is like. They show severity of clouds/precipitation by color.  This is done when the radar produces a microwave signal, which bounces off of particles in the atmosphere. By measuring the return wavelengths, the radar can predict size and density of particles, and the wind speed and direction, and thus what the weather is like.

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