Sentences with phrase «weather radar stations»

With weather radar stations located in the Olds - Didsbury airport and three planes in Springbank and two in Red Deer, the ASWMS is ready to fly into action when a possible hail storm is identified.

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O'Keefe said the flood in the village shows the limits of flash flood forecasting, which relies on Doppler radar; rainfall measurements from ground stations, like the New York State Mesonet, a network of more than 120 weather stations across the state; and reports from ground observers.

These mobile, radar - equipped weather stations — along with weighted probes bearing anemometers, thermometers, and cameras that can be placed in a tornado's path — allow scientist chasers to gather valuable data on the formation and internal structure of twisters.

«But above all, the method is of high potential for countries, where there are a few or no weather stations or rain radars, but a dense mobile radio network,» Harald Kunstmann says.

Radar uses radio waves to enable aircraft, ships and ground stations to see far into their surroundings even at night and in bad weather.

John Westbrook, a research meteorologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service in College Station, Texas, has been using weather radar to follow insect flyways in the south - central United States.

EWeLiNE combines these data with other atmospheric observations — from ground - based weather stations, radar and satellites — and sophisticated computer models predict power generation over the next 48 hours or so.

Data comes from various sources, including observations, weather stations at airports, Doppler radar and satellite imagery, National Weather Service bulletins, and even tidal gages.