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NSSL's second Doppler Weather Radar, 15 miles west of Oklahoma City

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Description

NSSL's second Doppler Weather Radar, 15 miles west of Oklahoma City.Researchers used this radar and the Norman Doppler radar to study thunderstorms.Doppler radar gave better estimates of winds within storms than earlier radars.

Credit

NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Location

Oklahoma, Cimarron

Keywords

Instrumentation