Sunday, July 17, 2011

Doppler Radar



Doppler radar uses microwaves that are sent up towards the sky to bounce off the water in the atmosphere to track the direction and speed of the water. This is a radar picture of Hurricane Katrina when it first hit Florida. The radar makes us able to see the rotation of the storm and the intensity, and the lack of water in the eye of the storm, identifying this as a hurricane.

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