Radar images are one of the most useful features in modern weather apps and knowing how to interpret radar images is a skill that anyone can learn.

The newest Doppler radars, the type all National Weather Service offices use, have dual-polarization. This means the electromagnetic pulse sent out to detect objects in the atmosphere is both ...

Color on the reflectivity radar image represents the strength of the energy returned, measured in decibels (dBZ). As the dBZ increases, so does the rainfall rate. The National Weather service uses a ...

This image shows the radar reflectivity from the National Weather Service Doppler Radar in Birmingham, Ala. at 5:10 p.m. CDT on April 27, 2011, as a supercell thunderstorm moved across the city. The ...

Fig. 2. (a) Stationary reflectivity spectrum (thick black line) of a stack of 8 to 9 hexagonal boron nitride layers in the range of the TO phonon resonance. The reflectivity is plotted as a function ...

Apps like The Weather Channel ( ) and AccuWeather.com ( ) offer decently enough forecasts, but are fairly limited in providing radar views of the weather. The Weather Channel, for instance, only ...

Vertical cross-sections of azimuthally averaged and time-averaged radar reflectivity (dBz) from three numerical simulations: (a) CTL, (b) CLEAN, (c) CTLARIOFF, (d) Toal=CTL-CLEAN, (e) ...

The return of spring in the Northern Hemisphere touches off tornado season. A tornado's twisting funnel of dust and debris seems an unmistakable sight. But that sight can be obscured to radar, the ...