The University of Oklahoma has developed and now deployed the most advanced weather radar in the world. Led by a team of engineers and weather experts, and with funds from NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory, the Advanced Radar Research Center at OU has launched "Horus," an all-digital polarimetric phased array radar capable of obtaining data with unprecedented quality and temporal resolution to help understand and predict the formation of severe weather.
"We now have an extremely advanced mobile radar system that can be sent into the field to gather data on extreme weather events," Robert Palmer, executive director of the ARRC, the Tommy C. Craighead Chair in the OU School of Meteorology, and associate vice president for research and partnerships, said.
The Horus system is used to observe many kinds of weather events, from intense rain, damaging winds, hail, lightning, and tornadoes. By positioning the radar near storm systems, the ARRC team can capture high-resolution data that no one in the world has ever seen.
"This ARRC team is developing amazing technology that is going to change the future of weather observations. I'm so proud of what OU's radar program is doing," Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, OU's vice president for research and partnerships, said.
