Isibhakabhaka saseAggieland siza kutshintsha kule mpelaveki xa kufakwa inkqubo entsha yerada yemozulu kuphahla lweYunivesithi yaseTexas A&M ye-Eller Oceanography kunye neMeteorology Building.
Ukufakwa kwe-radar entsha kuyisiphumo sobambiswano phakathi kwe-Climavision kunye ne-Texas A & M yeSebe leSayensi ye-Atmospheric ukucinga kwakhona indlela abafundi, i-faculty kunye noluntu olufunda ngayo kunye nokuphendula kwiimeko zemozulu.
I-radar entsha ithatha indawo ye-Agi Doppler Radar (ADRAD) eye yalawula i-Agilan ukususela ekwakhiweni kweSakhiwo sokuSebenza kunye noLondolozo ngo-1973. Ukuphuculwa kokugqibela okukhulu kwe-ADRAD kwenzeka ngo-1997.
Ukuvumela imozulu, ukususwa kwe-ADRAD kunye nokufakwa kwe-radar entsha kuya kwenzeka ngokusebenzisa i-helicopter ngoMgqibelo.
UGqr. Eric Nelson, unjingalwazi oncedisayo kwi-atmospheric science, uthi: “Iinkqubo zanamhlanje ze-radar ziye zaphuculwa ngeendlela ezininzi, kuquka nobugcisa obudala. "Nangona amacandelo afana ne-radiation receiver kunye ne-transmitter yafunyanwa ngempumelelo, eyona nto sasiyixhalabele kakhulu kukujikeleziswa koomatshini kuphahla lwesakhiwo esisebenzayo. Umsebenzi othembekileyo we-radar uye wabiza kakhulu kwaye awuqinisekanga ngenxa yokuguga.
Inkqubo entsha yerada yi-X-band radar ebonelela ngokufunyanwa kwedatha yesisombululo esiphezulu kunesakhono se-ADRAD S-band. Ibonisa i-antenna ye-8-foot ngaphakathi kwe-radome ye-12-foot, ukuhamba okubalulekileyo kwi-radars endala eyayingenayo indawo yokukhusela ukukhusela kwiimeko zokusingqongileyo ezifana nemozulu, i-debris kunye nomonakalo womzimba.
I-radar entsha yongeza amandla amabini e-polarization kunye nokusebenza okuqhubekayo, olona phuculo lubalulekileyo kunolwandulelayo. Ngokungafaniyo ne-ADRAD yokwahluka okuthe tyaba okuthe tye, i-polarization kabini ivumela amaza eradar ukuba ahambe kuzo zombini iinqwelomoya ezithe tye nezithe nkqo. UGqr Courtney Schumacher, unjingalwazi wenzululwazi ye-atmospheric kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas A&M, ucacisa le ngcamango ngokufanisa iinyoka kunye namahlengethwa.
"Khawube nomfanekiso wenyoka emhlabeni, ebonisa i-polarization ethe tyaba yerada endala," utshilo uSchumacher. "Xa kuthelekiswa, iradar entsha iziphatha njengehlengesi, ikwazi ukuhamba kwinqwelomoya ethe nkqo, ivumela uqwalaselo kuyo yomibini imilinganiselo ethe tyaba kunye nethe nkqo. Lo buchule busenza sikwazi ukubona ii-hydrometeors kwimilinganiselo emine kwaye sahlule phakathi komkhenkce, ilikhephu kunye nekhephu.
Ukusebenza kwayo ngokuqhubekayo kuthetha ukuba i-radar inokubonelela ngombono opheleleyo, ochanekileyo ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuba ootitshala nabafundi bathathe inxaxheba, ukuba nje iinkqubo zemozulu ziphakathi koluhlu.
"Indawo ye-radar yaseTexas A & M yenza ukuba i-radar ibaluleke kakhulu ukujonga ezinye zezinto ezinomdla kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ezinobungozi bemozulu," kusho uDkt. Don Conley, uprofesa wesayensi ye-atmospheric eTexas A & M. "Irada entsha iya kubonelela ngedatha entsha yophando kuphando lwemozulu olubi kunye nolunobungozi, ngelixa ikwabonelela ngamathuba ongezelelweyo kubafundi abangekathweswa isidanga ukuba baqhube uphando lwentshayelelo besebenzisa iiseti zedatha ezibalulekileyo."
Impembelelo entsha ye-radar inabela ngaphaya kwezemfundo, iphucula kakhulu ukuqikelelwa kwemozulu kunye neenkonzo zesilumkiso kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni ngokwandisa ukhuseleko kunye nokwandisa ukuchaneka. Izakhono eziphuculweyo zibalulekile ekukhupheni izilumkiso zemozulu kwangexesha nezichanekileyo, ukusindisa ubomi kunye nokunciphisa umonakalo wepropathi ngexesha lemozulu embi. Isikhululo seKholeji yaseBryan, eyayifudula ikwindawo “ye-radar gap”, iya kufumana i-coverage epheleleyo kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezisezantsi, ukwandisa ukulungela nokhuseleko loluntu.
Idatha ye-radar iya kwenziwa ifumaneke kumaqabane ahlangeneyo e-Climavision, njengeLebhu yeSizwe yeeNkanyamba eziMandundu, kunye nabanye abathengi be-Climavision, kuquka namajelo eendaba. Kungenxa yeempembelelo ezimbini zokugqwesa ezifundweni kunye nokhuseleko loluntu ukuba i-Climavision inomdla kakhulu ngokusebenzisana ne-Texas A&M ukuphuhlisa irada entsha.
“Kuyonwabisa ukusebenza neTexas A&M ukufaka irada yethu yemozulu ukuze sigcwalise izithuba ebaleni,” utshilo uChris Good, iCEO yaseLouisville, eKentucky-based Climavision. "Le projekthi ayigcini nje ukwandisa ukhuselo olubanzi olukwinqanaba elisezantsi. iiyunivesithi kunye neekholeji zeekhampasi, kodwa ibonelela abafundi ngamava okufunda ngezandla eziya kuba nefuthe lokwenene kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni."
Irada entsha yeClimavision kunye nentsebenziswano kunye neSebe leSayensi ye-Atmospheric iphawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo kwi-Texas A&M yelifa elityebileyo lobuchwephesha berada, elisusela emva phayaa ngeminyaka yoo-1960 kwaye ibisoloko iphambili ekuqaliseni izinto ezintsha.
"I-Texas A & M sele idlala indima yobuvulindlela kuphando lwe-radar yemozulu," kusho uConley. Unjingalwazi uAggie waba negalelo ekuchongeni awona maza afanelekileyo kunye nobude bamaza osetyenziso lwerada, ebeka isiseko senkqubela phambili kwilizwe lonke ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1960. Ukubaluleka kwerada kwabonakala ngolwakhiwo lweBureau of Meteorology Building ngo-1973.
Le teknoloji idale iinkumbulo ezithandekayo kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas A&M ubuhlakani, abasebenzi kunye nabafundi kuyo yonke imbali yeradar njengoko yayithatha umhlala-phantsi.
Abafundi baseTexas A&M University basebenzise i-ADRAD ngexesha leNkanyamba i-Ike ngo-2008 kwaye badlulisela ulwazi olubalulekileyo kwiNkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe (NWS). Ukongeza ekubekweni esweni kwedatha, abafundi banikezela ngokhuseleko ngoomatshini kwiirada njengoko iinkanyamba zisondela ngaselunxwemeni kwaye babeke iliso kwiiseti zedatha ezibalulekileyo ezinokufunwa yiNkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe.
Ngomhla wama-21 kuMatshi ka-2022, i-ADRAD ibonelele ngoncedo olungxamisekileyo kwi-NWS xa i-radar ye-KGRK Williamson County ibeka iliso kwii-supercell ezisondela kwi-Brazos Valley zaye zakhubazwa okwexeshana ngenxa yenkanyamba. Isilumkiso sokuqala senkanyamba esikhutshwe ngobo busuku ukulandelela i-supercell ecaleni komgca we-Burleson County esenyakatho yayisekelwe kuhlalutyo lwe-ADRAD. Ngosuku olulandelayo, iinkanyamba ezisixhenxe zaqinisekiswa kwindawo yesilumkiso ye-NWS Houston/Galveston County, kwaye i-ADRAD idlale indima ebalulekileyo ekuqikeleleni nasekulumkiseni ngexesha lomsitho.
Ngobudlelwane bayo neClimavision, iTexas A&M Atmopher Sciences ijolise ekwandiseni ngokubonakalayo amandla enkqubo yayo entsha yeradar.
"I-radar ye-AjiDoppler isebenzele i-Texas A&M kunye noluntu kakuhle amashumi eminyaka," utshilo uGqr. R. Saravanan, unjingalwazi kunye nomlawuli weSebe lezeSayensi ze-Atmospheric eTexas A&M. “Njengoko isondela esiphelweni sobomi bayo obuluncedo, siyavuya ukwenza ubambiswano olutsha kunye neClimavision ukuqinisekisa ukutshintshwa kwangexesha. Abafundi bethu baya kuba nokufikelela kwidatha yerada yamva nje yemfundo yabo yemozulu. “Ukongezelela, irada entsha iya kuzalisa 'indawo engenanto' kwiSitishi seKholeji yaseBryan ukunceda uluntu lwasekuhlaleni ukulungiselela ngcono imozulu embi.
Umthendeleko wokusika i-ribbon kunye nokunikezelwa kucwangciswe ekuqaleni kwe-semester yekwindla ye-2024, xa i-radar isebenza ngokupheleleyo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Oct-08-2024