Radar in atmospheric sciences and related research: Current systems, emerging technology, and future needs

To assist the National Science Foundation in meeting the needs of the community of scientists by providing them with the instrumentation and platforms necessary to conduct their research successfully, a meeting was held in late November 2012 with the purpose of defining the problems of the next generation that will require radar technologies and determining the suite of radars best suited to help solve these problems. This paper summarizes the outcome of the meeting: (i) Radars currently in use in the atmospheric sciences and in related research are reviewed. (ii) New and emerging radar technologies are described. (iii) Future needs and opportunities for radar support of high-priority research are discussed. The current radar technologies considered critical to answering the key and emerging scientific questions are examined. The emerging radar technologies that will be most helpful in answering the key scientific questions are identified. Finally, gaps in existing radar observing technologies are listed.

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Author Bluestein, Howard
Rauber, Robert
Burgess, Donald
Albrecht, Bruce
Ellis, Scott
Richardson, Yvette
Jorgensen, David
Frasier, Stephen
Chilson, Phillip
Palmer, Robert
Yuter, Sandra
Lee, Wen-chau
Dowell, David
Smith, Paul
Markowski, Paul
Friedrich, Katja
Weckwerth, Tammy
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2014-12-01T00:00:00
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Metadata Date 2023-08-18T18:25:57.089148
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.opensky::articles:14560
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Suggested Citation Bluestein, Howard, Rauber, Robert, Burgess, Donald, Albrecht, Bruce, Ellis, Scott, Richardson, Yvette, Jorgensen, David, Frasier, Stephen, Chilson, Phillip, Palmer, Robert, Yuter, Sandra, Lee, Wen-chau, Dowell, David, Smith, Paul, Markowski, Paul, Friedrich, Katja, Weckwerth, Tammy. (2014). Radar in atmospheric sciences and related research: Current systems, emerging technology, and future needs. UCAR/NCAR - Library. http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7rr208w. Accessed 15 June 2025.

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