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    the claimed damages, and weather data analysis around the reported date of loss. The Federico’s residence is located at 2210 Marshall Street in Pasadena, Texas. This is a single story, single family home with an attached garage converted into a room. The building is constructed of a wood-framed structure with siding on a concrete slab-on-grade foundation. The house roof is a hip roof covered with asphalt composition shingles. 4) Documents Reviewed 1. Research weather data records in the general

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    what tornado watches and warning are and give examples of tornadoes in Oklahoma and what destruction they caused, also while providing information about the Doppler radar. The questions often asked is; what are tornadoes and how do they form? Tornadoes are “violent windstorms that

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    gauges). Untouched measurements may use disdrometer or remote sensing by radar. A standard rain gauge consists of four components: a large outer container, a measuring tube, a collector funnel, and a measuring stick. Disdrometers measure the drop size distribution and the resulting velocity of falling hydrometeors, which in combination can be used to estimate the precipitation rate. The size distribution can be used to measure radar reflectivity. Surface measurements may contain several errors due to

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    cumulonimbus Cloud. What does this mean for the weather forecast this afternoon and early evening?  Cumulonimbus clouds are mostly affiliated with thunderstorms, lightning, heavy rainfall, blizzard or hail. The forecast should reflect rain or chances of rain. 14) What is a weather satellite and how does it help us make forecasts?  A weather satellite is used by meteorologists to gather information about the weather. Weather satellites give meteorologists a view of weather patterns over a very large area. This

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    Executive Summary This report was compiled to highlight the operation of Radars in general, its application and how it contributes to make our lives better as well as the society. Furthermore, the report compares its positive and negative effects on the society and the application of this to our lives as a whole. Additionally, it concludes and provides recommendations on some of the issues use of Radars in our society brings about. Radar is something that is being used in our surrounding, despite the fact

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    nations, Columbus had discovered the new world. Without a doubt, Christopher Columbus experienced difficulties on his voyage due to his lack of access to modern technological tools. Christopher Columbus would have most benefited from better ships, weather gauging tools, and any form of communication. Therefore, if Christopher Columbus had the resources available today, perhaps he would have landed in his desired destination and the decimation of native civilizations may have been prevented. Christopher

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    How did the development of the radar during World War II help the United States during the Pacific War? This investigation evaluates the development of naval radar technology during the WWII and how the improvements of the radar helped the US to succeed in the war. To see the change throughout the years, the essay will include the radar before the WWII. The time period will during 1900-1945. Radar was researched by the British in the 1930s as a means to track migratory birds using radio waves to

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    making use of an echo. When an animal or machine makes a noise, it sends sound waves into the environment around it. Those waves bounce off nearby objects, and some of them reflect back to the object that made the noise. 3 5 Pick an example of radar and explain how

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    Introduction  Basic Concept of how it works  Classification of radar  Things used in radar  Frequency range  Different ranges and uses  STAP Algorithm  HPC System  Parallel Algorithm  References  Introduction The STAP’s theory was published by Lawrence E. Brennan and Irving S. Reed in the early 1970s. Space-time adaptive processing (STAP) is a signal processing technique which is most commonly used by radar systems. Radar signal processing benefits from STAP in areas where interference

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    measures distance to a target by illuminating that target with a laser light. The name lidar, sometimes considered an acronym of Light Detection And Ranging,(sometimes Light Imaging, Detection, And Ranging), was originally a portmanteau of light and radar . Lidar is popularly used to make high-resolution maps, with applications in geodesy geomatics , archaeology geography, geology, geomorphology, seismology ,forestry atmospheric physics, laser guidance, airborne laser swath mapping (ALSM), and laser

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