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Learning Objectives: Become familiar with meteorological instrumentation used for rainfall collection and visualize rainfall amounts. Interpret radar maps and deduce key meteorological information.
Precipitation in the atmosphere can occur at the surface in 4 ways: Rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow. They happen at different times depending on the vertical temperature profiles. There are different instruments used to measure precipitation.
Radar is another way we can measure and observe precipitation. We will learn about two different types of radar products:
Base Reflectivity: Indicates how strong showers/storms are. The more yellow / red / pink reflectivity values, the stronger the thunderstorm.
Radial Velocity: Doppler radar can detect if an object is moving towards or away from it. Greens indicate towards, reds indicate away. Using this, meteorological phenomena can be seen via radar.
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