¿Have you ever seen a huge white ball in an airport?? I tell you in this post about whaté it is about and for whaté serves the radar doppler to detect bad weather. Photo David Broad
Some time ago on a trip Santo Domingo, RepúDominican War and arriving at their airport I saw a super big ball on a platform and thenés and Sint Maarten over the airport control tower the same, ¿thaté It's that ball that maybe some of you have wondered about, let's see the answer.
The white ball of airports – Radar Doppler
If you have never seen one, I leave you this video of the radar in the Santo Domingo Airport, RepúDominican War:
¿Have you ever wondered cóhow the pilots land in climatic conditionsáunpredictable ethics? Okay, one of their secret weapons is a ground-based radar system called Terminal Doppler Weather Radar. (TDWR) o Meteorol RadaróTerminal Doppler logic. Think of it as an eye of áeagle in the sky, constantly monitoring the dangerous winds that couldíeven interrupting the landing or takeoff of an aircraftón.
¿Whaté is the TDWR?
Look at the accompanying imageña el post, that's the radar on the Sint Maarten Airport located in a special area, right above the control tower.
TDWR stands for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar.és. It is a special type of radar designedñado specíphysically to see what is happening around airports at low altitudes. This is important because strong winds near the ground, called wind shear O wind shear, They can be extremely dangerous for planes trying to take off or land..
¿Cóhow TDWR works?
Unlike normal radar systems that only show dówhere it rains, the TDWR is a Doppler radar. This means that it can not only detect rain and snow, but alsoén measure wind speed in different directions. By constantly scanning the áarea around an airport, The TDWR can identify wind shear and other weather patterns.ádangerous chemicals like microrrádo (rásudden bursts of downward wind) before they become a problem.
TDWR vs. Normal Radar
Meteor radar systemsónormal logic, like the ones you see on the news, They are excellent for giving us a panoramic view.ámica of what isá happening in the atmóball. Nevertheless, They are not very good at seeing what is happening near the ground where planes fly. Hereí This is where the TDWR comes in.. The TDWR has a resolutionón much más thinner than normal radar, which means you can see details más smallños, like wind shear, that other systems caníto overlook.
Keeping Pilots Informed
La informationón collected by the TDWR was sentíto directly to the tr driversáI'm theéreo. tr driversáI'm theéreo are the people who guíeven planes to and from airports. When TDWR detects hazardous weather, tr driversáI'm theéprisoner can warn the pilots and take measures to keep them safe. This couldíto include things like diverting planes to avoid bad weather or asking them to wait a bit until conditions improve.
History of the TDWR
TDWR is a technologyírelatively new, first developed in the early déeach of 1990. Since then, has become an essential tool to keep travel safe.éprisoners. Today in Día, TDWR systems areán operational in the main airports of the world.
The Future of TDWR
As technologyía continúto developándose, TDWR systems alsoén isán improving. The versions máNew TDWR s can collect data in áreas aún más great and provide informationón aún máDetailed information on wind shear and other climate hazardsáticos. This will helpá to ensure that travel toéinmates remain safe and efficient for many years to come.ños.
Then, the prónext time I fly, remember the eyes of áeagle in the sky: ¡TDWR systems that work hard to keep you safe!
