| In meteorology radars perform several principal | | | | The Doppler effect applied in pulse-Doppler radar |
| tasks. Weather radars are used to determine | | | | systems allows specialists to determine the |
| precipitation intensity. Radar imaging equipment | | | | object's relative velocity. Pulse-Doppler radar |
| tracks cyclones and hurricanes. It is impossible to | | | | systems easily detect location of the target and |
| imagine the state-of-the-art weather prediction | | | | measure its radial velocity. Doppler radar images |
| and surveillance tools used solely to accumulate | | | | can detect the rain droplets movement and |
| and display information. Frame grabbers capture | | | | analyze the intensity of the precipitation. Weather |
| the output VGA signal from the weather radar | | | | radar imaging equipment of this type delivers |
| receiver and provide integration between live | | | | forecast information which includes storm tracks, |
| weather radars and computers. They transfer | | | | surface pressure, wave heights, and much more. |
| signal from VGA source to the computing center. | | | | Weather weather surveillance equipment |
| Advantages | | | | performs multiple measurements. It is very |
| Traditionally radars are capable of detecting the | | | | important that information from live weather |
| object's position and motion. This radars type | | | | radars is saved to the computer where it can be |
| sends pulses of electromagnetic energy and | | | | processed and analyzed. Local radars can detect |
| analyzes the energy portion reflected from the | | | | various weather patterns. If much data is |
| object. It is possible to compose a picture of the | | | | collected through the help of the weather |
| object. This functionality is applied in weather | | | | surveillance radar, the weather conditions are |
| forecasting during precipitation tracking. In | | | | precisely predicted in future. VGA2USB frame |
| weather forecasting the pulse radars with the | | | | grabber connects this equipment to a computer |
| Doppler Effect are likely to be the most popular | | | | system. All parameters are displayed with map |
| weather surveillance equipment. | | | | backgrounds using Doppler radar images. |
| Pulse-Doppler radar systems | | | | |