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  2. Australia's weather radars - Wikipedia

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    The transition to polarimetric (dual-polarised) radars began in 2017 with the upgrade of 4 Meteor 1500 radars located in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Sydney. [7] The network has further been enhanced through the installation of 8 new polarimetric Meteor 735 radars across WA, [8] NSW [9] & Victoria, [10] and two polarimetric WRM200 radars [11] manufactured by Vaisala, one to replace the ...

  3. Bureau of Meteorology - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. Weather radar - Wikipedia

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    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.).

  5. NEXRAD - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Bucca tornado - Wikipedia

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    It occurred near the township of Bucca (near Bundaberg) in Queensland on 29 November 1992 at around 2:20pm AEST. The tornado was accompanied by cricket-ball sized hail across Bucca and Bullyard regions. The tornado damaged or destroyed nine houses, some flattened to the ground. Trees were snapped and stones were found embedded into tree trunks.

  7. Canadian weather radar network - Wikipedia

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    King City weather radar station. This research radar is essentially a WSR-98A (see below) upgraded with dual polarization capability in 2004. The rest of the network: [8] The existing radars have antennas from two manufacturers: Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC) and Raytheon. some of the existing radars have antennas produced by Andrew ...

  8. Category:Radar stations - Wikipedia

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    Radar stations of the United States Air Force (7 C, 145 P) Pages in category "Radar stations" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.

  9. Bundaberg Central, Queensland - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of Bundaberg Central State School, 2022. Bundaberg Central State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 13 Crofton Street (49] [50] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 75 students with 6 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 11 non-teaching staff (7 full-time equivalent).