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National Weather Service: Sulphur Mountain Radar Performance

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 16, 1998
Report No. AIMD-99-7
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Summary:

In 1994, the National Weather Service began to operate a Next Generation Weather Radar on Sulphur Mountain in Ventura County, California. A recent study by the Rose Institute of Claremont McKenna College concluded that the radar's location prevented it from providing accurate and timely information to be used for warnings about flash floods and wind shear. This report determines whether the Sulphur Mountain Next Generation Weather Radar (1) can provide timely and accurate information for warnings about flash floods in nearby communities and (2) is intended to provide low-level data necessary to predict wind shear for Los Angeles International Airport.

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