Weather radar

• Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced the GWX 70, a new solid-state weather radar that affordably brings advanced Doppler-enabled features to general aviation aircraft.
(Yahoo Finance)
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service says its Doppler radar in Bismarck has been shut down for an upgrade. The installation of dual-polarization Doppler is part of a $50 million upgrade to radar systems nationwide.
(Jamestown Sun)
• In this paper, we develop a data-driven methodology to characterize the likelihood of orographic precipitation enhancement using sequences of weather radar images and a digital elevation model (DEM).
(IEEE Spectrum)
• The worst of the storm appears to have hit south Charlotte. National Weather Service radar indicates more than 3 inches of rain fell in less than an hour in the SouthPark area. But heavy rain also was reported in the University City area.
(CharlotteObserver.com)
• The radar covering Central Montana will be offline for more than a week, allowing crews to install new technology that will allow meteorologists to better understand storms.
(KFBB NewsChannel 5)
• At 7:30 a.m. Friday, Weather Service radar showed a large area of storms stretching from near Rome to Dalton, moving toward metro Atlanta, while a smaller area of rain and thunderstorms was moving eastward through the northeast suburbs.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT AT 453 PM CDTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ZIP CITY TO MUSCLE SHOALSMOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
(WAAY-TV)
• The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for Newport News and parts of Hampton Roads through 11 p.m.
(Daily Press)
• Last weeks storms knocked out the National Weather Services radar in Jackson County. Theyve been working feverishly for days to make repairs.
(WAFF)
• May 14, 2012 - Supporting collision avoidance and vehicle detection, R-GAGE Series of radar-based sensors have capability to detect large objects in outdoor environments.
(ThomasNet Industrial News Room)