weather radar
Americannoun
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Turbulence is most commonly caused by aircraft flying through cloud but there is also "clear air" turbulence which is not visible on a jet's weather radar, nor is it possible to predict.
From BBC ● May 21, 2024
His team plans to test this by analyzing weather radar data – which also detects the presence of flying birds, bats and insects – to see if more birds take wing during the eclipse.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Data were collected from magnetometer stations near weather radar sites.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
Without information from a weather radar or other optical measurements, he says, it is challenging to puzzle out the small-scale processes within thunderstorms.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 6, 2023
“Captain, the weather radar has helped us a lot.”
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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