E hoʻololi ʻia ka lani ʻo Aggieland i kēia hopena pule ke kau ʻia kahi ʻōnaehana radar weather hou ma ka hale o Texas A&M University's Eller Oceanography and Meteorology Building.
ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka radar hou ka hopena o ka hui ʻana ma waena o Climavision a me ka Texas A&M Department of Atmospheric Science e noʻonoʻo hou i ke ʻano o ke aʻo ʻana a me ka pane ʻana o nā haumāna, kumu a me ke kaiāulu i nā kūlana o ka wā.
Hoʻololi ka radar hou i ka Agi Doppler Radar (ADRAD) kahiko i lanakila ma luna o Agilan mai ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka Operations and Maintenance Building ma 1973.
ʻO ka ʻae ʻana i ka wā, e lawe ʻia ka wehe ʻana o ADRAD a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka radar hou me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka helikopter i ka Pōʻaono.
"Ua hoʻonui nui ʻia nā ʻōnaehana radar o kēia manawa i ka wā, me nā ʻenehana kahiko a me nā ʻenehana hou," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kauka Eric Nelson, ke kaukaʻi kōkua o ka ʻepekema lewa. "ʻOiai ua hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻāpana e like me ka radiation receiver a me ka transmitter, ʻo kā mākou mea e hopohopo nui ai ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka mīkini ma luna o ka hale o ka hale hana.
ʻO ka ʻōnaehana radar hou he radar X-band e hāʻawi ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepili hoʻonā kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā mana S-band o ADRAD. Hōʻike ia i kahi antenna 8 kapuaʻi i loko o kahi radome 12-kapuaʻi, kahi haʻalele nui mai nā radar kahiko i loaʻa ʻole kahi hale pale e pale aku iā lākou mai nā kūlana kaiapuni e like me ke aniau, ka ʻōpala a me ka pōʻino kino.
Hoʻohui ka radar hou i nā mana polarization ʻelua a me ka hana mau ʻana, ʻo ka hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi loa ma mua o kāna mea ma mua. ʻAʻole e like me ka polarization hoʻokahi o ADRAD, hiki i ka polarization ʻelua ke hele i nā nalu radar e holo i nā mokulele ʻelua a me ke kūpaʻa. Ua wehewehe ʻo Kauka Courtney Schumacher, ke kaukaʻi o ka ʻepekema lewa ma Texas A&M University, i kēia manaʻo me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā nahesa a me nā iʻa.
"E noʻonoʻo i kahi nahesa ma ka honua, e hōʻailona ana i ka polarization ākea o ka radar kahiko," wahi a Schumacher. "I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ʻoi aku ka hana o ka radar hou e like me ka dolphin, hiki iā ia ke neʻe i kahi mokulele kū pololei, e ʻae ana i ka nānā ʻana ma nā ʻāpana ākea a me ke kūpaʻa.
ʻO kāna hana mau ʻana, ʻo ia ka hiki i ka radar ke hāʻawi i kahi hiʻohiʻona piha, hoʻonā kiʻekiʻe me ka pono ʻole o nā kumu a me nā haumāna e komo, ʻoiai ka lōʻihi o nā ʻōnaehana o ka wā.
"ʻO ka wahi o ka Texas A&M radar e lilo ia i radar koʻikoʻi no ka nānā ʻana i kekahi o nā mea hoihoi loa a i kekahi manawa weliweli i ka wā," wahi a Kauka Don Conley, ke kaukaʻi ʻepekema o ka lewa ma Texas A&M. "E hāʻawi ka radar hou i nā ʻikepili noiʻi hou no ka noiʻi kuʻuna ʻino a me ka pōʻino, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā manawa hou no nā haumāna lae pua e hana i ka noiʻi hoʻomaka me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pūʻulu ʻikepili koʻikoʻi."
ʻOi aku ka hopena o ka radar hou ma mua o ke kula, e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka wānana ʻana i ka wā a me nā lawelawe ʻōlelo aʻo no nā kaiāulu kūloko ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uhi a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pololei. He mea koʻikoʻi nā mana i hoʻonui ʻia i ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo i ka manawa kūpono a me ka pololei, e mālama i nā ola a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pōʻino waiwai i ka wā o nā hanana ʻino. ʻO Bryan College Station, aia ma kahi "radar gap" wahi, e loaʻa ka uhi piha ma nā kiʻekiʻe haʻahaʻa, e hoʻonui ana i ka mākaukau a me ka palekana.
E hoʻolako ʻia ka ʻikepili radar i nā hoa federal o Climavision, e like me ka National Severe Storms Laboratory, a me nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Climavision, me ka media. Ma muli o ka hopena ʻelua i ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka palekana o ka lehulehu, ua hauʻoli nui ʻo Climavision i ka hui pū ʻana me Texas A&M e hoʻomohala i ka radar hou.
"He mea hauʻoli e hana pū me Texas A&M e hoʻokomo i kā mākou radar weather e hoʻopiha i nā āpau i ke kula," wahi a Chris Good, Luna Nui o Louisville, Kentucky-based Climavision. "ʻAʻole wale kēia papahana e hoʻonui i ka uhi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa holoʻokoʻa. nā kulanui a me ke kulanui, akā hāʻawi pū i nā haumāna me ka ʻike lima lima e aʻo i ka ʻikepili ʻokiʻoki e loaʻa ai ka hopena maoli i nā kaiāulu kūloko."
ʻO ka radar Climavision hou a me ka hui pū ʻana me ke Keʻena ʻEpekema Atmospheric e hōʻailona ana i kahi mea nui i ka hoʻoilina waiwai o Texas A&M o ka ʻenehana radar, i hoʻi mai i ka makahiki 1960 a ʻo ia ke poʻo o ka hana hou.
"Ua hoʻokani lōʻihi ʻo Texas A&M i kahi hana paionia i ka noiʻi radar weather," wahi a Conley. "He mea kōkua ʻo Polofesa Aggie i ka ʻike ʻana i nā alapine maikaʻi loa a me nā lōʻihi hawewe no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka radar, e kau ana i ke kumu no ka holomua ma waena o ka ʻāina mai ka 1960s.
Ua hana kēia ʻenehana i nā hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi no nā kumu kula ʻo Texas A&M University, nā limahana a me nā haumāna i ka mōʻaukala o ka radar i kona haʻalele ʻana.
Ua hoʻohana nā haumāna o ke Kulanui o Texas A&M iā ADRAD i ka wā Hurricane Ike i ka makahiki 2008 a ua hāʻawi i ka ʻike koʻikoʻi i ka National Weather Service (NWS). Ma waho aʻe o ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻikepili, ua hāʻawi nā haumāna i ka palekana mechanical i nā radar i ka wā e hele mai ana nā makani ʻino i kahakai a nānā pū i nā pūʻulu ʻikepili koʻikoʻi e pono ai e ka National Weather Service.
Ma Malaki 21, 2022, hāʻawi ʻo ADRAD i ke kōkua ulia pōpilikia i ka NWS i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ai nā supercells kiaʻi radar KGRK Williamson County e hoʻokokoke ana i ke awāwa ʻo Brazos e kahi puahiohio. ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻo mua i hoʻopuka ʻia i kēlā pō e hahai i kahi supercell ma ka laina ʻākau o Burleson County i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka loiloi ADRAD. I ka lā aʻe, ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻia nā puahiohio ʻehiku ma ka NWS Houston/Galveston County wahi aʻoaʻo, a ua hana nui ʻo ADRAD i ka wānana a me ka ʻōlelo aʻo i ka wā o ka hanana.
Ma o kāna hui pū ʻana me Climavision, manaʻo ʻo Texas A&M Atmopher Science e hoʻonui nui i nā hiki o kāna ʻōnaehana radar hou.
"Ua lawelawe maikaʻi ʻo AjiDoppler radar iā Texas A&M a me ke kaiāulu no nā makahiki he mau makahiki," wahi a Dr. "I ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka hopena o kona ola pono, hauʻoli mākou i ka hana ʻana i kahi hui hou me Climavision e hōʻoia i kahi manawa kūpono. E loaʻa i kā mākou mau haumāna ka ʻikepili radar hou loa no kā lākou hoʻonaʻauao meteorology.
Hoʻolālā ʻia kahi ʻoki lipine a hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hāʻule 2024 semester, i ka wā e holo piha ai ka radar.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Oct-08-2024