What is the main difference in operation between the current NEXRAD Doppler radar and the dual-polarization radars of the future?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Current NEXRAD radars only send out a horizontal energy pulse; the dual-pol unit transmits both a horizontal and a vertical energy pulse.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Referring to Earth and its subsystems as dynamic means that they are ____

a. indestructible b. always unpredictable c. holistic d. continuously changing e. mobile

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What erosional feature is visible in this image? (Hint: It is bedrock.)

A) ArĂȘte B) Moraine C) Drumlin D) Roche moutonnĂ©e

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A small-scale map:

a. shows small areas of Earth's surface. b. includes greater detail. c. has a small denominator in its representative fraction. d. all of these e. none of these

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