{"id":4808,"date":"2026-04-27T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:42:05","slug":"what-is-doppler-weather-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-doppler-weather-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Doppler Weather Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Doppler Weather Radar Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune commissioned a new X-band Doppler Weather Radar at Mahabaleshwar under Mission Mausam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Doppler Weather Radar<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler Effect to produce <\/span><b>velocity data about objects at a distance.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These radar systems can provide information regarding the <\/span><b>movement of targets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as <\/span><b>their position.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Types of weather Radar Bands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Varying frequencies like <\/span><b>S-band, C-band and X-band<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 are commonly used by the IMD in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Working of Doppler weather Radars<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In radars, a beam of energy, <\/span><b>called radio waves,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is emitted from an antenna.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When this <\/span><b>beam strikes an object<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the atmosphere, the <\/span><b>energy scatters in all directions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with some reflecting directly back to the radar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>larger the object<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deflecting the beam, the <\/span><b>greater is the amount of energy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the radar <\/span><b>receives in return.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Observing the time required for the beam to be transmitted and returned to the radar allows weather forecasting departments to \u201csee\u201d raindrops in the atmosphere, and measure their distance from the radar.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Doppler weather Radars\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Weather System:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is used to track the movement of weather systems and cloud bands, and gauge rainfall over its coverage area of about 500 km.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X-band radar is used to <\/span><b>detect thunderstorms and lightning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whereas a <\/span><b>C-band radar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helps in cyclone tracking.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/iitm-pune-inaugurates-x-band-doppler-weather-radar-at-mahabaleshwar-under-mission-mausam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doppler Weather Radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler Effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. 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