University of Oklahoma Deploys World's Most Advanced Weather Radar
NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --The University of Oklahoma has developed and now deployed the most advanced weather radar in the world.
- NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --The University of Oklahoma has developed and now deployed the most advanced weather radar in the world.
- "We now have an extremely advanced mobile radar system that can be sent into the field to gather data on extreme weather events," Robert Palmer, executive director of the OU Advanced Radar Research Center, said.
- The Horus system is used to observe many kinds of weather events, from intense rain, damaging winds, hail, lightning, and tornadoes.
- One of the primary advantages of the mobile Horus radar is its ability to get much closer to storms.