Tune into any TV weather report and you’ll hear the words “Doppler radar” as meteorologists track storms across California. But how does Doppler radar work? And how accurate is it? The concept of ...

Doppler radar uses the Doppler effect to measure the radial velocity of targets in the antenna's directional beam. The Doppler effect shifts the received frequency up or down based on the radial ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — We show you the latest radar imagery every single day during our newscasts and in our social media posts. It’s an easy way for forecasters to get a beat on how the atmosphere is ...

Outside every National Weather Service (NWS) office around the U.S. stands what looks like an enormous white soccer ball, perched atop metal scaffolding several stories high. These somewhat plain ...

Color on the reflectivity radar image represents the strength of the energy returned, measured in decibels (dBZ). As the dBZ increases, so does the rainfall rate. The National Weather service uses a ...

Dual-pol doppler radar is a relatively new upgrade to the original doppler radar technology and towers that the National Weather Service offices around the U.S. use. The upgrade helps better determine ...

Turn on the Weather Channel, and you might see storm-tracking images from your friendly local Doppler radar system. Although your average storm front is quite large, this technology can also track ...