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To Understand the Capabilities of Doppler Radar

Abstract

Heavy rainfall, lightning, strong thunderstorms, and hailstorms are common in the Gangetic West Bengal region, making it an ideal location to research these phenomena before the monsoon season. Tropical cyclones and other bigger systems also make landfall in this region before and after the monsoons, wreaking havoc along the Bay of Bengal coasts of Bangladesh, Orissa, and West Bengal. The study of these weather phenomena has made substantial use of satellite and analog weather radars during the past few decades, among other observational techniques. But with the advent of Doppler Weather Radar (DWR), precision and quantitative in observations were both enhanced. Doppler weather radar applications from Kolkata, India, encompassing an area 400 km in diameter and including the whole Gangetic West Bengal region, formed the backbone of the author's work. Tropical cyclones and thunderstorms that formed in the Gangetic, West Bengal area have been the primary focus of structural investigation. Doppler radar products may be done rather accurately at least 2-3 hours in advance. While DWR data is useful, analyzing and using the convective indices may further enhance the lead time of now casting.

Country : India

1 Sadhan Biswas2 Dr. Devendra Pradhan

  1. Ph.D Scholar, Department of Physics, Mansarovar Global University, Sehore - 466111, Madhya Pradesh, India
  2. Professor, Department of Physics, Mansarovar Global University, Sehore - 466111, Madhya Pradesh, India

IRJIET, Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2025 pp. 75-80

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2025.908010

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