Mawonekedwe akumwamba a Aggieland asintha kumapeto kwa sabata ino pomwe makina atsopano owonera nyengo akhazikitsidwa padenga la Eller Oceanography ndi Meteorology Building ku Texas A&M University.
Kuyika radar yatsopanoyi ndi chifukwa cha mgwirizano pakati pa Climavision ndi Texas A&M Department of Atmospheric Sciences kuti aganizirenso momwe ophunzira, aphunzitsi ndi anthu ammudzi amaphunzirira ndikuyankhira nyengo.
Radar yatsopanoyo imalowa m'malo mwa Agi Doppler Radar (ADRAD) yomwe yakhala ikulamulira Agilan kuyambira kumangidwa kwa Operations and Maintenance Building mu 1973. Kusintha kwakukulu komaliza kwa ADRAD kunachitika mu 1997.
Kulola kwanyengo, kuchotsedwa kwa ADRAD ndi kukhazikitsa radar yatsopano kudzachitika pogwiritsa ntchito helikopita Loweruka.
Dr. Eric Nelson, pulofesa wothandizira wa sayansi ya mumlengalenga anati: “Makina amakono a radar asinthidwa kambirimbiri pakapita nthawi, kuphatikizapo matekinoloje akale ndi atsopano. "Ngakhale kuti zida monga cholandirira ma radiation ndi ma transmitter zidapezedwa bwino, chomwe chidatidetsa nkhawa kwambiri chinali kusinthasintha kwa makina padenga la nyumbayo. Ntchito yodalirika ya radar idakwera mtengo kwambiri komanso yosatsimikizika chifukwa chakutha ndi kung'ambika.
Dongosolo latsopano la radar ndi radar ya X-band yomwe imapereka chidziwitso chapamwamba kuposa luso la ADRAD la S-band. Imakhala ndi mlongoti wa 8-foot mkati mwa radome ya 12-foot, kuchoka kwakukulu kwa ma radar akale omwe analibe nyumba zotetezera kuti ateteze ku chilengedwe monga nyengo, zinyalala ndi kuwonongeka kwa thupi.
Radar yatsopanoyo imawonjezera kuthekera kwapawiri polarization ndikugwira ntchito mosalekeza, kuwongolera kofunikira kwambiri kuposa komwe kudalipo. Mosiyana ndi polarization imodzi yopingasa ya ADRAD, polarization iwiri imalola mafunde a radar kuyenda mundege zopingasa komanso zoyima. Dr. Courtney Schumacher, pulofesa wa sayansi ya zakuthambo ku Texas A&M University, akufotokoza mfundo imeneyi ndi fanizo la njoka ndi ma dolphin.
"Tangoganizani njoka pansi, kusonyeza polarization yopingasa radar wakale," anatero Schumacher. "Poyerekeza, radar yatsopano imakhala ngati dolphin, yomwe imatha kuyenda mundege yoyima, kulola kuyang'ana m'mbali zonse zopingasa ndi zowongoka. Kutha kumeneku kumatithandiza kuzindikira ma hydrometeor mu miyeso inayi ndikusiyanitsa pakati pa ayezi, matalala ndi matalala, matalala, komanso kuwunika zinthu monga kuchuluka kwa kutentha ndi kutentha."
Kugwira ntchito kwake mosalekeza kumatanthauza kuti radar ikhoza kupereka mawonekedwe owoneka bwino, osasunthika kwambiri popanda kufunikira kwa aphunzitsi ndi ophunzira kutenga nawo mbali, bola ngati nyengo ili mkati.
"Malo a radar ya Texas A&M imapangitsa kukhala radar yofunikira powonera zochitika zanyengo zosangalatsa komanso nthawi zina zowopsa," adatero Dr. Don Conley, pulofesa wa sayansi ya mumlengalenga ku Texas A&M. "Radar yatsopanoyi ipereka zidziwitso zatsopano za kafukufuku wanyengo wanthawi yayitali komanso wowopsa, komanso ikupereka mwayi wowonjezera kwa ophunzira omwe amaliza maphunziro awo kuti achite kafukufuku woyambira pogwiritsa ntchito ma data am'deralo."
Kusintha kwa radar kwatsopano kumapitilira maphunziro, kuwongolera kwambiri zolosera zanyengo ndi ntchito zochenjeza anthu amderali pokulitsa kuwulutsa ndikuwonjezera kulondola. Kuthekera kokwezedwa ndikofunikira kuti tipereke machenjezo anyengo munthawi yake komanso olondola, kupulumutsa miyoyo ndi kuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa katundu panyengo yanyengo. Bryan College Station, yomwe kale inali m'dera la "radar gap", ilandira chidziwitso chonse pamtunda wotsika, ndikuwonjezera kukonzekera ndi chitetezo cha anthu.
Deta ya radar ipezeka kwa omwe agwirizana nawo a Climavision, monga National Severe Storms Laboratory, komanso makasitomala ena a Climavision, kuphatikiza atolankhani. Ndi chifukwa cha kukhudzika kwapawiri pakuchita bwino kwamaphunziro ndi chitetezo cha anthu zomwe Climavision ili ndi chidwi chogwirizana ndi Texas A&M kuti apange radar yatsopano.
"Ndizosangalatsa kugwira ntchito ndi Texas A&M kukhazikitsa radar yathu yanyengo kuti mudzaze mipata," atero a Chris Good, CEO wa Louisville, Kentucky-based Climavision. "Ntchitoyi sikuti ikungowonjezera kufalikira kwapang'onopang'ono. mayunivesite ndi makoleji, komanso imapatsa ophunzira mwayi wodziwa zambiri zomwe zingakhudze kwambiri madera akumidzi."
Radar yatsopano ya Climavision ndi mgwirizano ndi dipatimenti ya Atmospheric Science ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri mu Texas A&M cholowa cholemera chaukadaulo wa radar, chomwe chinayamba cha m'ma 1960s ndipo chakhala chikutsogola pazatsopano.
"Texas A&M yakhala ikuchita upainiya pakafukufuku wa radar yanyengo," adatero Conley. "Professor Aggie adathandizira kwambiri kuzindikira ma frequency ndi kutalika kwa mafunde ogwiritsira ntchito radar, ndikuyika maziko otukuka m'dziko lonselo kuyambira m'ma 1960. Kufunika kwa radar kudawonekera pomanga nyumba ya Bureau of Meteorology mu 1973. Nyumbayi idapangidwa kuti ikhale nyumba ndikugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wofunikirawu."
Ukadaulo uwu udapangitsa kukumbukira kosangalatsa kwa aphunzitsi aku Texas A&M University, ogwira ntchito ndi ophunzira m'mbiri yonse ya radar pomwe idapuma.
Ophunzira aku Texas A&M University adagwiritsa ntchito ADRAD panthawi ya Hurricane Ike mu 2008 ndipo adatumiza chidziwitso chofunikira ku National Weather Service (NWS). Kuphatikiza pa kuyang'anira deta, ophunzira amapereka chitetezo cha makina ku radars pamene mphepo yamkuntho imayandikira gombe ndikuwunikanso ma data ovuta omwe angafunike ndi National Weather Service.
Pa Marichi 21, 2022, ADRAD idapereka thandizo ladzidzidzi ku NWS pomwe ma radar a KGRK Williamson County omwe amayandikira chigwa cha Brazos adayimitsidwa kwakanthawi ndi chimphepo. Chenjezo loyamba la chimphepo chamkuntho lomwe lidaperekedwa usiku womwewo kuti lizitsata mzere wakumpoto wa Burleson County lidatengera kusanthula kwa ADRAD. Tsiku lotsatira, mphepo yamkuntho isanu ndi iwiri inatsimikiziridwa m'dera la chenjezo la NWS Houston / Galveston County, ndipo ADRAD inachita mbali yofunika kwambiri pakulosera ndi kuchenjeza panthawiyi.
Kupyolera mu mgwirizano wake ndi Climavision, Texas A&M Atmopher Sciences ikufuna kukulitsa luso la makina ake atsopano a radar.
"AjiDoppler radar yatumikira Texas A & M ndi anthu ammudzi bwino kwa zaka zambiri," anatero Dr. R. Saravanan, pulofesa ndi mkulu wa Dipatimenti ya Atmospheric Sciences ku Texas A & M. "Pamene ikuyandikira mapeto a moyo wake wothandiza, ndife okondwa kupanga mgwirizano watsopano ndi Climavision kuti tiwonetsetse kusintha kwa nthawi yake." Ophunzira athu adzakhala ndi mwayi wopeza chidziwitso chaposachedwapa cha radar pa maphunziro awo a zanyengo."
Mwambo wodula riboni ndi kudzipatulira wakonzedwa koyambira kumapeto kwa semester ya 2024, pomwe radar ikugwira ntchito mokwanira.
Nthawi yotumiza: Oct-08-2024