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  8. Types of Radar

Types of Radar

If you talk to a meteorologist and mention "radar", conventional pulse radar or perhaps Doppler radar will immediately come to mind. Other uses of radar often don't, even though radar has found its way into many niches that might surprise them. From POSS sensors that estimate precipitation occurrence, type, and rate, to wind profilers, to space-based systems, radar is a major tool for the meteorologist.
  • Radar Types
    • Bistatic
    • Pulse Radar
    • Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave
    • Precipitation Occurrence Sensor System (POSS)
    • Vertically Pointing Radar
    • Space-based Radar
    • Wind Profiler
    • Doppler
    • Polarimetric
    • Phased Array
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