Doppler On Wheels |
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| The Doppler On Wheels (DOW) Project has created two mobile Doppler weather
radars mounted on trucks that have explored rare, shoert-lived and small
scale phenomena, permitting the first ever mappings of tornado winds, hurricane
wind streaks, and resolution of detailed tornado structure and evolution
at scales well below 100 m. |
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A new
Rapid-DOW
will transmit 6 simultaneous beams in 2003, then 12 in 2004 in order to
collect volumetric samples every 5-10 seconds, permitting, for the first time,
multiple vortices, tornadogenesis, turbulence, and other rapidly evolving
processes to be observed in 3D detail. |
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Doppler On Wheels |
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If you are interested in using the DOW radars, or getting more information,
please contact admin@cswr.org.
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DOWs measure record high wind speeds
of 301 +/- 20 mph (135 +/- 10 m/s) in 03 May 1999 Oklahoma City tornado. |
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The DOW Project is a collaborative effort between the
Center for Severe Weather Research
and the Atmospheric Technology Division
of the National Center for Atmospheric
Research.
Funding is provided primarily by the
National Science
Foundation
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Field Programs
Tornadoes
Hurricane Fran
Marine Boundary Layer
others
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