Doppler Weather Radar Research and Development

The primary goal of this CIMMS thematic area is to accelerate the transfer of knowledge between the meteorological and engineering communities (in academia, and government and private laboratories) to improve the design, usability, and supportability of the NEXRAD WSR-88D Doppler weather radar. Continual enhancements are needed to the system for improving the quality, format, accuracy, resolution, and update rate of the base data, and to keep pace with evolving hardware and software technologies. This work will introduce, examine, and analyze present and future technologies, with the goal of meeting the unfulfilled needs of the NEXRAD Program.  This theme also includes a fertile research area for development and improvement of radar algorithms used for forecasting and warning.