weather radar
Americannoun
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Aircraft have weather radar that will pick up storms ahead.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
They rely on weather radar and carry extra fuel so they can fly around and wait for the weather to ease, if needed.
From New York Times ● May 22, 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
Doppler weather radar stations and ground-based magnetometers -- devices that measure the intensity of local magnetic fields -- to test for a possible link between geomagnetic disturbances and disruptions to nocturnal bird migration.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
Look at what the weather radar is telling us: there’s trouble ahead.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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