Doppler on Wheels by the Great Salt Lake (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Doppler on Wheels by the Great Salt Lake

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The tornado-chasing Doppler on Wheels radar truck is set up at Lake Point on Interstate-80 west of Salt Lake City to measure an approaching cold front. With National Science Foundation funding, University of Utah meteorologists are using the advanced radar technology to study winter storms.

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Jim Steenburgh, University of Utah.

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