WSR-1

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The WSR-1 or Weather Surveillance Radar-1 was one of the first weather radars. The WSR-1 series was a modified version of the AN/APS-2F radar, which the Weather Bureau (now the National Weather Service) acquired from the Navy. The WSR-1A, WSR-3, and WSR-4 were also variants of this radar.^[1]

[edit] See also

v • d • e US Weather radars Military weather radars AN/APQ-13 · AN/APS-2F · AN/CPS-9 · AN/FPS-41 · AN/FPS-77 Weather Surveillance Radars WSR-1 and -1A · WSR-3 · WSR-4 · WSR-57 · WSR-74C and -74S  · WSR100-S · WSR-88D (NEXRAD) · TDWR Research radars ADRAD · ARMOR · Cimarron · CORAD · CSU-CHILL · CSU-Pawnee · DOW · KPOL · NOAA/ETL · NOAA Ron Brown's Doppler  · NPOL · NSSL 10 cm Doppler  · PAR at NSSL  · SKYWATER · SMART-R · TOGA · UND

[edit] References

1. ^ Roger C. Whiton, et al. "History of Operational Use of Weather Radar by U.S. Weather Services. Part I: The Pre-NEXRAD Era." Weather and Forecasting: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 219–243. 19 Feb. 1998. American Meteorological Society. 5 Apr. 2006 <http://ams.allenpress.com/amsonline/?request=get-document&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0434(1998)013%3C0219:HOOUOW%3E2.0.CO%3B2>.