Short-wavelength technology and the potential for distributed networks of small radar systems

David Mclaughlin, David Pepyne, V. Chandrasekar, Brenda Philips, James Kurose, Michael Zink, Kelvin Droegemeier, Sandra Cruz-Pol, Francesc Junyent, Jerald Brotzge, David Westbrook, Nitin Bharadwaj, Yanting Wang, Eric Lyons, Kurt Hondl, Yuxiang Liu, Eric Knapp, Ming Xue, Anthony Hopf, Kevin KloeselAlfred Defonzo, Pavlos Kollias, Keith Brewster, Robert Contreras, Brenda Dolan, Theodore Djaferis, Edin Insanic, Stephen Frasier, Frederick Carr

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Abstract

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) conducted a study to develop a new weather hazard forecasting and warning technology. The technology was based on low-cost, dense networks of radars that operated at short range, communicated with one another, and adjusted their sensing strategies in direct response to the evolving weather and to changing user needs. The small size of these radars allowed them to be placed on existing infrastructure elements, such as communication towers and rooftops. The short range of the radars solved the Earth curvature blocking problem, enabling these networks to map damaging winds and heavy rainfall from the tops of storms down to the boundary layer beneath the view of the existing networks.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1797-1817
Number of pages21
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume90
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2009
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atmospheric Science

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