How Weather Radar Works, with Sinéad Duffy

The Met Éireann Podcast by Met Éireann

Mar 13, 202323:12Science & Medicine

Weather radar is one of the most useful tools available to meteorologists or anyone wondering if it is going to rain! From its early beginnings during World War Two, to the advanced equipment used today, weather radar pr...

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