RadarScope serves as a connection point for a large community of users. In fact, we have our own user group on Facebook, where many RadarScope fans go to talk about, learn how to read, and post radar images. That group – like many – has developed their own language or key terminology. Many RadarScope fans are familiar with most of these terms or all of them, but new users may be scratching their heads to figure out what is going on in some of the comments/forums related to RadarScope.
Month: October 2019
The deployment of NEXRAD radars in the early 1990s was a major step forward in being able to sample precipitation across the Continental United States. However, there are still some limitations within the dense radar network. Due to the curvature of the earth, radar beams cannot see the entire atmosphere as the horizontal beam coming out from the radar increases with height as it moves further from its origin.