Radar weather observation

From Glossary of Meteorology



radar weather observation

Detection and interpretation of echoes from precipitation.

Such observations are used for analysis and forecasting of precipitation, for research in cloud and precipitation physics, and for prediction of and research on severe storms. Observations may be reported in a standard format as a radar coded message.
See radar meteorology.


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