A tool designed for war became a tool designed to save lives. Doppler radar is a crown jewel of modern science that helps meteorologists save countless lives every year—and it’s a complex technology ...

Doppler radar stands as the most important modern invention in meteorology, fundamentally transforming how we predict, prepare for, and track severe weather events. Since installations began across ...

There’s a very specific reason us meteorologists say the phrase “doppler radar.” Modern weather radars are doppler radars because they use the doppler effect to analyze not only where a storm is, but ...