MOLINE, Ill. — Doppler radar technology has been around since the late 1800s, with its first widespread use during World War II to help detect enemy aircraft. Since the late 1940s, this same ...

Doppler radar technology, implemented across the US since 1988, represents one of meteorology's greatest innovations. By nearly doubling tornado warning times, this breakthrough demonstrates how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The current network of weather radars in the United States was installed in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. There are nearly ...

The same doppler-radar technology that meteorologists use to forecast the weather is helping the Nature Conservancy, in Arlington, Va., identify where songbirds rest during their migratory flights, ...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (WGN) — We see weather radar images every day on our phones, tablets and television screens, but few of us know where those colorful images come from. Former WGN Chief Meteorologist ...

Doppler radar stands as the most important modern invention in meteorology, fundamentally transforming how we predict, prepare for, and track severe weather events. Since installations began across ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M’s campus will undergo an exciting renovation on Saturday, which will ultimately serve the community through providing more robust storm tracking technology to the ...

As a baseline it is appropriate to begin with a review of the existing system. The primary weather surveillance radar system operated by U.S. agencies is the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) system, consisting of ...

A Sept. 27 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a video of a weather radar map showing a hurricane moving up through Florida into the Southeast U.S. Blue flashing lights can be seen ...

The current network of weather radars in the United States was installed in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. There are nearly 160 weather radars in the network. The radars are the NEXRAD WSR-88D ...