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The Doppler On Wheels (DOW) Project has created two mobile Doppler weather radars mounted on trucks that have explored rare, shoert-lived and small scale phenomena, permitting the first ever mappings of tornado winds, hurricane wind streaks, and resolution of detailed tornado structure and evolution at scales well below 100 m.
A new Rapid-DOW will transmit 6 simultaneous beams in 2003, then 12 in 2004 in order to collect volumetric samples every 5-10 seconds, permitting, for the first time, multiple vortices, tornadogenesis, turbulence, and other rapidly evolving processes to be observed in 3D detail.

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If you are interested in using the DOW radars, or getting more information, please contact admin@cswr.org.
DOWs measure record high wind speeds of 301 +/- 20 mph (135 +/- 10 m/s) in 03 May 1999 Oklahoma City tornado. 

The DOW Project is a collaborative effort between the Center for Severe Weather Research  and the Atmospheric Technology Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Funding is provided primarily by the National Science Foundation


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