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- The purpose of a Vertical Pointing Radar is to study precipitation echoes at high resolution. As a result, very detailed radar images can be obtained of the weather as it passes overhead. Technically, the VPR is essentially a boat radar transmitter-receiver to which is attached a parabolic antenna and a locally developed data collection system. At this point, the radar can detect all precipitation targets, some ice clouds, and the turbulence associated with developing cumulus clouds.
[Summary provided by McGill University, http://www.mcgill.ca/]
Group: Instrument_Details
Entry_ID: VERTICAL POINTING RADAR
Group: Instrument_Identification
Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments
Instrument_Class: Active Remote Sensing
Instrument_Type: Profilers/Sounders
Instrument_Subtype: Radar Sounders
Short_Name: VERTICAL POINTING RADAR
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Group: Associated_Platforms
Short_Name: FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
Short_Name: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
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