David Atlas
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David Atlas was an American meteorologist and one of the pioneers of radar meteorology. His career extended from World War II to his death: he worked for the US Air Force, then was professor at the Un
David Atlas Weather radar pionneer
NEXRAD
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The WSR-88D, commonly known as NEXRAD, is a high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radar deployed across the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and South Korea as a network of 158 radar units individual
David Atlas
…at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado. The results of his team were used for the development of the actual United States Doppler weather radars network called NEXRAD. In 1977, Atlas formed the Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences at the NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This center has…
NEXRAD Radar at Fort Dix in New Jersey
Testbed of the WSR-88D on display at the National Severe Storms Laboratory.
NEXRAD sites in Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and military bases.
NEXRAD coverage below 10,000 feet