WSR-74C radars were generally local-use radars that didn't operate unless severe weather was expected, while WSR-74S radars were generally used to replace WSR-57 radars in the national weather surveillance network.

wsr-74c The WSR-74C operated in C band with a klystron as the transmitter and used a 12-foot-diameter parabolic antenna. The radar was used as a local weather radar for thunderstorm warnings and replaced the obsolete AN/FPS-77 .

Improved Resolution - This is primarily a function of angular beam width. The narrower the beam, the smaller the width at a given distance. This will allow the WSR-88D to differentiate between objects, thereby increasing the resolution.

The PAFB WSR-74C / McGill radar is approximately 17 km north-northeast of the Melbourne WSR-88D radar. This analysis has shown that effective beam coverage is a function of both scan strategy and distance from the radar to the point of interest.

Johnson-Effect, resolving ambiguous doppler velocities; Review of WSR-74C doppler radar operations at WSO Montgomery, Alabama (April 1992-August 1983); Personal Author: Pettit, Paul E. ; Johnson, William N.

The 45th Weather Squadron (45 WS) is replacing the Weather Surveillance Radar, Model 74C (WSR-74C) at Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB) with a Doppler, dual polarization radar, the Radtec 43/250. This new radar will be located 23 n mi WSW of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). A new

In 1983, the ER purchased and installed a WSR-74C (5-cm wavelength) weather radar to replace the FPS-77. ... Two of the polarimetric measurements of particular interest are the Linear ...

One of the most important weather sensors to the 45 WS mission is the WSR-74C radar at PAFB (Roeder et al., 2005). This radar is near the end of its lifecycle and is being replaced by a new...

Vertical cross-section of beam coverage by a modified WSR-74C volume-scan using 12 elevation angles. The elevation angle sequence is designed to produce vertical gaps between beam centers that are constant with range at a fLxed altitude. A beamwidth of 1.1 ° was used.

The original components of the UND radar were built by Enterprise Electronics Corporation (model: Weather Surveillance Radar - 1974 C-band: WSR-74C). It was acquired by the Department of Aviation in 1974 for the purpose of weather modification research and training.