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NEXRAD
Data Quality Optimization Program
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EOL's
NEXRAD Data Quality Optimization Program, funded by the National
Weather
Service's
(NWS) Radar Operations
Center
(ROC), provides
scientific and engineering expertise to enhance NEXRAD (NEXt Generation
RADar) data quality, focusing on two areas: 1) Range-Velocity Mitigation
and 2) Anomalous Propagation Mitigation with Reflectivity and Velocity
Compensation.
"NEXRAD is used to warn the people of the United States
about dangerous weather and its location. Meteorologists can now
warn the public
to take shelter with more notice than any previous radar. There
are 158 operational
NEXRAD radar systems deployed throughout the
United States and at selected overseas locations. The maximum range
of the NEXRAD radar is 250 nautical miles. The NEXRAD network provides
significant improvements in severe weather and flash flood warnings,
air traffic safety, flow control for air traffic, resource protection
at military bases, and management of water, agriculture, forest,
and snow removal."
The recorded Time-series data being
analyzed comes from the National Severe
Storm Laboratory's (NSSL) research and development NEXRAD WSR-88D radar
(i.e. KOUN1), and from
NCAR's S-Pol
Radar.
Publications listing is available for reference as
a AP-formatted list to cut and paste. Reports, Papers and Presentations
are available as downloads.
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New algorhithms applied to radar weather data can vastly improve
meterologists' ability to interpret and predict severe storms, increasing
the lead time for warning systems.
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