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Doppler Radar Sees Debris from Antares Explosion
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| Date: | 2014-10-29 21:25:51 |
| Blog: | Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal  |
| URL: | http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2014/10/29/doppler-radar-sees-debris-antares-explosion/ |
Summary:
The NWS Doppler radar at Wakefield,Va detected the debris from the Antares explosion Tuesday evening. Not only that, but it was able to show that this was not rain but debris in the air. Being a dual polarimetric radar it can detect the shape of the particles in the radar beam, and a product called the correlation coefficient showed that the echo was made up of particles that were of …Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | US | 36.9684 | -76.9873 |
Keywords:
air, antares explosion, correlation, dual polarimetric radar, echo, NWS Doppler radar, particles, radar beam, Radar Sees Debris, rain, shape, Tuesday evening, Uncategorized, Wakefield,Va
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