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The CP2 Research radar was a 1970's era radar, which the BoM received as a gift from the NCAR in the United States. The BoM retrofitted it with modern parts which gave it the unique ability to collect data at two frequencies, S and X band. The upgrades also provided state of the art dual polarisation and doppler technologies.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together the state meteorological services that existed before then. [ 3 ]
Weather radar in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft Weather (WF44) radar dish University of Oklahoma OU-PRIME C-band, polarimetric, weather radar during construction. Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.).
This is a list of the top 50 mountains in Australia ranked by topographic ... Mount Stapylton (518 m or 1,699 ft) Mount Wilson; ... [128] 8 Mount Conner: 859 2,818
10 km (6.2 mi) 131 (1941) rainfall and runoff research [11] 1946 The Thunderstorm Project, Florida: 1 mi (1.6 km) 50 (1946) thunderstorm convection research [20] 1947 The Thunderstorm Project, Ohio 2 mi (3.2 km) 58 (1947) thunderstorm convection research [20] 1960 New Jersey 10 km (6.2 mi) 23 (1960) research on mesoscale pressure systems [11] 1960
The median age of the Stapylton population was 45 years, 7 years above the national median of 38. 69.1% of people living in Stapylton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 3.0%, South Africa 2.1%, Germany 0.9% and Samoa 0.7%. 81.6% of people only spoke English at home; the next most ...
MTSAT-1 Himawari 6. Multifunctional Transport Satellites (MTSAT) were a series of weather and aviation control satellites. They were replaced by Himawari 8 on 7 July 2015. They were geostationary satellites owned and operated by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), and provide coverage for the hemisphere centred ...
Early examples of military systems includes the AN/SPG-51B developed during the 1950s specifically for the purpose of operating in hurricane conditions with no performance degradation. The Hughes AN/ASG-18 Fire Control System was a prototype airborne radar/combination system for the planned North American XF-108 Rapier interceptor aircraft for ...