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weather radar

American  

noun

  1. radar designed or suitable for use in detecting clouds and precipitation.


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Because of their relatively small scale, waterspouts are hard to pick out on weather radar.

From BBC Aug. 24, 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

Look at what the weather radar is telling us: there’s trouble ahead.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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