Unit 6 Notes
Unit 6 Overview
Slide 5: Severe Weather Signatures
Slide 6: Estimated Precipitation Images
Slide 7: Doppler Displays: Plan-Position Indicator
Slide 9: Doppler Displays: Range-Height Indicator
Slide 11: Video Integrator & Processor
Slide 12: VIP Levels and Storm Evaluation
Slide 13: Satellite Data: Visible Images
Slide 14: Satellite Data: Infrared Images
Slide 15: Satellite Data: Water Vapor Images
Instability Measures and Sounding Plots
A Lid on Convection: Capping Inversions
Recognizing Capping Inversions
Slide 19: If a Capping Inversion is Broken...
Slide 20
Slide 21
Unit 6 Overview
Doppler radar is one of the most important forecasting and warning tools for the meteorologist. We will look at the basics of the radar in this unit.
Starting off, a short introduction into how the radar produces the images, and then we will look at the different modes in which the radar operates.
A quick look at horizontal and vertical scans and how radar operators use them to evaluate potential severe weather threats will finish off the Doppler section.
The unit concludes with a short overview of satellite imagery, including visible, infrared, and water vapor images...and how they are used in forecasting.
