Discovery News-Aging Weather Radar System Gets Makeover

NEXRAD or "OLDRAD"? June 26, 2008 -- Pressure is building over what to do about the nation's aging weather radar system.  A group of scientists, lead by University of Massachusetts-Amherst researcher David McLaughlin, plans to augment, or even replace, the nation's large NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar) radars with smaller versions to give more accurate forecasts, saving people and property.  Full article -

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