 |
China Develops New Generation of Weather Radar
China has developed a new generation of Doppler meteorological radar that will greatly help improve the country's weather forecast capabilities.
The weather radar, code named 3830, has recently passed the authentication by national authorities and will be deployed in China's new generation of meteorological radar networks which are under construction.
The new radar is jointly developed by the No.38 Electronic Research Institute under the Ministry of Information Industry and the Hefei-based Anhui Sichuang Electronics Co.
It uses internationally advanced technologies and could detect rainfall within a radius of 200 kilometers, and typhoon, rainstorms and other disastrous weather within a radius of 400 kilometers, the developers said.
Three sets of such radar have been delivered to meteorological departments.
China started using Doppler weather radar in late 1980s. The country has decided to upgrade its radar network with about 100 sets of new generation Doppler weather radar.
In This Section
|