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RADAR DETECTION [2 records]

Record 1 2004-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

Detection and analysis, by means of radar, of meteorological phenomena which produce a radar echo (precipitation, snow, storms, etc.).

CONT

Radar detection of precipitation is increasingly used for weather reporting and forecasting. In the USA, a network of dedicated radars is used for this purpose.

PHR

radar detection of clouds, low-altitude weather phenomena, macrobursts, microbursts, precipitation, severe storms, smaller-scale, snow, storm, tornado vortices, weather.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Détection et analyse, au moyen d'un radar, des phénomènes météorologiques fournissant un écho radioélectrique (régions de précipitations du type averse).

CONT

[Les] cinq articles [...] reposent sur l'observation radar du champ de précipitation. Les deux premières contributions touchent à la détection par radar d'événements précipitants fortement atténuants pour une liaison radioélectrique, pour lesquels il n'existe à ce jour aucun critère d'identification : les orages supercellulaires et les orages grêlifères.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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