SEMINAR SERIES and COLLOQUIA

The electronic steering of the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar (PAR) can be used to enable targeted scanning of weather echoes. During the 2009 PAR Innovative Sensing Experiment (PARISE), rapid, targeted scanning of storms was accomplished using a new adaptive scanning algorithm and nontraditional scanning strategies. The PARISE was conducted at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed in Norman, Oklahoma 27 April – 14 June 2009. Throughout the experiment, visiting NWS forecasters provided feedback on the operational utility of these weather sensing techniques.

The presentation will begin with an introductory overview of PAR and follow with illustrations of the benefits of high-temporal resolution data (~1-min VCPS) on the depiction of severe storm
processes. The heart of the presentation will focus on the 2009 PARISE, including an overview of the experiment and some of the weather events sampled by the PAR. A discussion of preliminary findings is unlikely as the experiment ends about a week before this seminar.

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