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Doppler radar
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English
Noun
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en Q1334213 en primarily meteorology A radar system using the Doppler effect to measure the radial velocity of detected objects, allowing moving objects (such as airplanes, precipitation, missiles, etc.) to be distinguished from stationary ones and classified by magnitude and direction of their velocity towards or away from the radar site.
en doppler<id:Q1334213><qq:ellipsis>
en radar#Noun < imaging#Noun
en Onboard Doppler radar can warn pilots about wet microbursts by detecting the associated column of rapidly-descending rain.
Translations
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 都卜勒雷達 dūbǔlè léidá
Finnish: fi dopplertutka
German: de Doppler-Radar m
Japanese: ja ドップラーレーダー doppurā rēdā
Korean: ko 도플러 레이더
Swedish: sv dopplerradar c
en Radar