TY - JOUR
T1 - ELDORA observations during VORTEX 95
AU - Wakimoto, Roger M.
AU - Lee, Wen Chau
AU - Bluestein, Howard B.
AU - Liu, Ching Hwang
AU - Hildebrand, Peter H.
PY - 1996/7
Y1 - 1996/7
N2 - Airborne radar platforms have played an increasingly important role in advancing our understanding of storms that are either too remote or occur too infrequently for ground-based radars. Recognizing this potential, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Centre de Recherche en Physique de l'Environnment Terrestre et Planetaire have designed and developed ELDORA (Electra Doppler Radar), a tail Doppler radar with the following unique capabilities: 1) increased accuracy and sensitivity by averaging more independent samples in the radar pulse volume, 2) higher spatial resolution in the along-track direction by using a faster rotation rate of the antenna, and 3) a large unambiguous velocity measuring interval by means of a dual pulse repetition frequency. Although the first field deployment of ELDORA occurred in 1993, it was not until VORTEX (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment) that the system was operating up to its full capabilities. Examples of the radar's ability to detect clear-air phenomena are presented along with high-resolution images near severe local storms and tornadoes.
AB - Airborne radar platforms have played an increasingly important role in advancing our understanding of storms that are either too remote or occur too infrequently for ground-based radars. Recognizing this potential, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Centre de Recherche en Physique de l'Environnment Terrestre et Planetaire have designed and developed ELDORA (Electra Doppler Radar), a tail Doppler radar with the following unique capabilities: 1) increased accuracy and sensitivity by averaging more independent samples in the radar pulse volume, 2) higher spatial resolution in the along-track direction by using a faster rotation rate of the antenna, and 3) a large unambiguous velocity measuring interval by means of a dual pulse repetition frequency. Although the first field deployment of ELDORA occurred in 1993, it was not until VORTEX (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment) that the system was operating up to its full capabilities. Examples of the radar's ability to detect clear-air phenomena are presented along with high-resolution images near severe local storms and tornadoes.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0030431559
U2 - 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1465:EODV>2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1465:EODV>2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030431559
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 77
SP - 1465
EP - 1481
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 7
ER -