Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Weather Radar Goes Miniature

Posted by michael on from the button-up-your-overcoat dept.

quackking writes "As reported today in the Boston Globe, the NSF has committed at least $17M to build out a new network of miniature (at least in comparison with today's monsters) weather radars. This is to radar what Beowulf clusters are to the mainframe; the scientists at U Mass Amherst project that eventually a weather radar node will be deployable for under $20K! Now to figure out how to get real-time access to this mesh of sensors and create a really cool screensaver..."

1 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. Availability by thedillybar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's hope that these resources will be widely available for research purposes and weather forecasting. I think this is a big step in understanding various weather systems, a science that is far from understood by anyone.

    Not long after this is implemented, I hope to see various news agencies provide not only forecasting based on information provided from the new equipment, but raw data (and maybe not-so-raw data...like images) as well.

    This could be a great resource for researchers and the slashdot crowd alike.