VIRTUAL MEETING | The Golden Age of Radar
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UPDATE: Registration has now closed.
SPEAKER: Ben Pickering, University of Leeds
BIOGRAPHY: Ben Pickering is a postgraduate researcher studying hydrometeor classification (rain,snow, hail etc) from the newly upgraded dual-polarisation UK radar network. Ben is focused on developing verification techniques for these categorical, discrete products. This will be achieved by developing a new framework of 'big data' observations: in-situ such as the FAAM aircraft, and ground-based observations like Met Office stations, crowdsourced weather reports and the newly installed Disdrometer Verification Network (DiVeN) Ben developed the DiVeN network of 14 laser disdrometers in 2017 as part of his PhD work on radar verification which took several months and thousands of miles of travel around the UK to install.
ABSTRACT: More than simply shouting in microwave energy and listening for the “echoes”, radio detection and ranging, or ‘radar’ is relied upon today in order to survey the atmosphere for one of the most important meteorological variables: precipitation. The Met Office has recently completed a transformational upgrade of the UK radar network to dual-polarisation—what does this mean, and why does it matter?
In this talk, I will explain the fundamentals of weather radar, some of the rich history which led us to where we are today, what researchers like myself are working on in this field, and where weather radar technology might go in the future. Expect plenty of animated media, instruments buried in ice, and even drones!
This was a 45-minute talk followed by a 15 minute Q&A. The meeting was open from 5:50pm for attendees to join and the event started promptly at 6:00pm.
Please note the joining instructions provided the virtual meeting link and was sent out closer to the event.
VIRTUAL MEETING | The Golden Age of Radar | Recording
UPDATE: Registration has now closed.
SPEAKER: Ben Pickering, University of Leeds
BIOGRAPHY: Ben Pickering is a postgraduate researcher studying hydrometeor classification (rain,snow, hail etc) from the newly upgraded dual-polarisation UK radar network. Ben is focused on developing verification techniques for these categorical, discrete products. This will be achieved by developing a new framework of 'big data' observations: in-situ such as the FAAM aircraft, and ground-based observations like Met Office stations, crowdsourced weather reports and the newly installed Disdrometer Verification Network (DiVeN) Ben developed the DiVeN network of 14 laser disdrometers in 2017 as part of his PhD work on radar verification which took several months and thousands of miles of travel around the UK to install.
ABSTRACT: More than simply shouting in microwave energy and listening for the “echoes”, radio detection and ranging, or ‘radar’ is relied upon today in order to survey the atmosphere for one of the most important meteorological variables: precipitation. The Met Office has recently completed a transformational upgrade of the UK radar network to dual-polarisation—what does this mean, and why does it matter?
In this talk, I will explain the fundamentals of weather radar, some of the rich history which led us to where we are today, what researchers like myself are working on in this field, and where weather radar technology might go in the future. Expect plenty of animated media, instruments buried in ice, and even drones!
This was a 45-minute talk followed by a 15 minute Q&A. The meeting was open from 5:50pm for attendees to join and the event started promptly at 6:00pm.
Please note the joining instructions provided the virtual meeting link and was sent out closer to the event.