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A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. [1] It does this by bouncing a microwave signal off a desired target and analyzing how the object's motion has altered the frequency of the returned signal.
The station began operations December 24, 1968, as WATU-TV, the third television station in Augusta. Dr. Harold W. Twisdale, a dentist from Charlotte, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C.–based engineer David L. Steel were the leaders of the original ownership group, operating as Augusta Telecasters Inc. [2] [3] The Twisdale/Steel group, which had interests in other planned stations (WCTU-TV ...
Also damaged transmitter building and doppler radar. [24] WVIA-TV Tower, Penobscot Knob: December 16, 2007: Guyed steel lattice mast 510 Ice: 300 ft. section lost from top of tower [25] KATV-TV Tower, Redfield, Jefferson County, US January 11, 2008: Guyed steel lattice mast 609 Maintenance Restringing guy wires [26]
The WSR-74 was introduced as a "gap filler", as well as an updated radar that, among other things, was transistor-based. [3] In the early 1970s, Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC), based out of Enterprise, Alabama won the contract to design, manufacture, test, and deliver the entire WSR-74 radar network (both C and S-Band versions).
Here is an in-depth forecast in Augusta during Masters week, according to the National Weather Service and The Weather Channel: Return to this story periodic updates that reflect the latest forecast.
The station's Doppler weather radar site is located west of Atlanta in far southern Cobb County, south-southwest of Mableton, on the south side of Interstate 20 not far west of Six Flags Over Georgia. [citation needed] The station began calling its newscasts News Watch in 1963 and began broadcasting news in color for the first time on March 20 ...
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
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