Spring 2007 National Weather Radar Testbed Demonstration

The National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT), located in Norman, Oklahoma, collects data from a 9.4-cm, single-faced, phased array antenna that supports adaptable scanning strategies and volumetrically scans a storm in time scales of seconds instead of several minutes (Zrnic et al. 2007). Such high temporal sampling provides unprecedented opportunity to research rapidly evolving weather phenomena and explore the potential to extend warning lead-time for severe weather.