weather radar
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Nicole Carr and Simon Scott, from Astro Dog, a firm which runs stargazing, photography and education events, said people who were able to travel could use weather radar apps to find gaps in the cloud.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
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
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,” he says.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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