Ka rerekē te tirohanga o te rangi o Aggieland i tēnei mutunga wiki ina tāutahia he pūnaha radar huarere hou ki te tuanui o te Whare Eller Oceanography and Meteorology o Te Whare Wānanga o Texas A&M.
Ko te tāutanga o te radar hou he hua o te hononga mahi tahi i waenganui i a Climavision me te Tari Pūtaiao Āhuarangi o Texas A&M hei whakaaroaro anō i te ako me te urupare a ngā ākonga, ngā kaiako me te hapori ki ngā āhuatanga o te rangi.
Ka whakakapia e te radar hou te Agi Doppler Radar (ADRAD) tawhito kua roa nei e whakamahia ana i Agilan mai i te hanganga o te Whare Whakahaere me te Tiaki i te tau 1973. Ko te whakahoutanga nui whakamutunga o ADRAD i puta i te tau 1997.
Ki te pai te rangi, ka tangohia te ADRAD me te tāutanga o te radar hou mā te whakamahi i tētahi hērakapeta i te Rāhoroi.
"He maha ngā whakahoutanga kua pā ki ngā pūnaha radar hou i roto i ngā wā, tae atu ki ngā hangarau tawhito me ngā hangarau hou," te kī a Tākuta Eric Nelson, te ahorangi āwhina mō ngā pūtaiao āhuarangi. "Ahakoa i angitu te whakahoki mai i ngā wāhanga pēnei i te kaiwhiwhi me te tuku irahiko, ko tā mātou tino āwangawanga ko tō rātou hurihanga miihini i runga i te tuanui o te whare whakahaere. I piki haere te utu me te koretake o te whakahaere radar pono nā te pakaru me te pakaru. Ahakoa i ētahi wā ka mahi, ko te whakarite i te mahi pumau i noho hei take nui, ā, i te putanga mai o te whai wāhitanga mō Climavision, i whai hua."
He pūnaha radar X-band te pūnaha radar hou e whakarato ana i te kohikohinga raraunga taumira teitei ake i ngā āheinga S-band a ADRAD. Kei roto i tēnei he pūihi 8-putu te roa i roto i te radome 12-putu te roa, he rerekētanga nui mai i ngā radar tawhito kāore i whai whare tiaki hei tiaki i a rātou mai i ngā āhuatanga taiao pēnei i te huarere, te paru me ngā kino ā-tinana.
Ka tāpirihia e te radar hou ngā āheinga whakapūtātanga takirua me te mahi tonu, koinei te whakapainga nui rawa atu i tōna mua. Kāore i rite ki te whakapūtātanga whakapae kotahi a ADRAD, ka taea e te whakapūtātanga takirua te haere i ngā ngaru radar i ngā papa whakapae me ngā papa poutū. Ka whakamārama a Tākuta Courtney Schumacher, he ahorangi pūtaiao hauhautanga i Te Whare Wānanga o Texas A&M, i tēnei ariā me te whakarite ki ngā nakahi me ngā aihe.
"Whakaarohia he nakahi i runga i te whenua, e tohu ana i te porowhita whakapae o te radar tawhito," te kī a Schumacher. "Ki te whakataurite, he rite te mahi a te radar hou ki te aihe, ka taea te neke i roto i te papa poutū, ka taea ai te tirotiro i ngā taha whakapae me te poutū. Mā tēnei āheinga ka taea e tātou te kite i ngā hauhautanga i roto i ngā taha e whā me te wehewehe i waenga i te hukapapa, te hukarere me te hukarere, me te whatu, me te aromatawai hoki i ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te nui me te kaha o te ua."
Nā te mahi tonu, ka taea e te radar te whakarato i tētahi tirohanga whānui ake, taumira teitei ake, me te kore e hiahiatia he kaiako me he ākonga ki te whai wāhi atu, mena kei roto i te awhe o ngā pūnaha huarere.
"Nā te tūnga o te radar Texas A&M, he mea nui tēnei radar mō te tirotiro i ētahi o ngā āhuatanga huarere tino whakamere, ā, i ētahi wā he tino morearea," te kī a Tākuta Don Conley, he ahorangi pūtaiao āhuarangi i Texas A&M. "Ka whakaratohia e te radar hou ngā huinga raraunga rangahau hou mō ngā rangahau huarere kino me te morearea tuku iho, me te whakarato hoki i ngā whai wāhitanga atu mō ngā ākonga paetahi ki te whakahaere rangahau whakataki mā te whakamahi i ngā huinga raraunga ā-rohe whai hua."
Ka horapa atu te pānga o te radar hou ki tua atu i te ao mātauranga, ka whakapai ake i ngā ratonga matapae huarere me ngā ratonga whakatūpato mō ngā hapori o te rohe mā te whakawhānui ake i te kapinga me te whakapiki ake i te tika. He mea nui ngā āheinga kua whakapai ake hei tuku whakatūpato huarere i te wā tika me te wā tika, hei whakaora i ngā oranga me te whakaiti i ngā kino o ngā rawa i ngā wā kino o te huarere. Ko te Teihana o te Kāreti o Bryan, i mua kei roto i te rohe "āputa radar", ka whiwhi i te kapinga katoa i ngā teitei iti iho, ka whakapiki ake i te whakarite me te haumaru o te marea.
Ka tukuna ngā raraunga radar ki ngā hoa mahi ā-motu a Climavision, pērā i te National Severe Storms Laboratory, me ētahi atu kiritaki Climavision, tae atu ki ngā pāpāho. Nā te pānga rua ki te hiranga mātauranga me te haumaru tūmatanui, e tino hiahia ana a Climavision ki te mahi tahi me Texas A&M ki te whakawhanake i te radar hou.
"He mea whakahihiri te mahi tahi me Texas A&M ki te tāuta i tā mātou radar huarere hei whakakī i ngā āputa i te mara," te kī a Chris Good, te Tumu Whakarae o Climavision kei Louisville, Kentucky. "Ehara i te mea ka whakawhānui noa tēnei kaupapa i te kapinga whānui o ngā whare wānanga me ngā kāreti, engari ka whakarato hoki i ngā ākonga ki ngā wheako mahi-ā-ringa ki te ako i ngā raraunga hou ka whai pānga tūturu ki ngā hapori o te rohe."
Ko te radar Climavision hou me te hononga ki te Tari Pūtaiao Āhuarangi he tohu nui tēnei i roto i te taonga tuku iho o te hangarau radar a Texas A&M, i ahu mai i te tekau tau atu i 1960, ā, kei mua tonu i te ao auaha.
"Kua roa a Texas A&M e takaro ana i tētahi tūranga matua i roto i te rangahau radar huarere," te kī a Conley. "He mea nui a Ahorangi Aggie ki te tautuhi i ngā auau me ngā roangaru tino pai mō te whakamahinga radar, ā, i whakatakoto i te turanga mō ngā whanaketanga puta noa i te motu mai i te tekau tau atu i 1960. I kitea te hiranga o te radar i te hanganga o te whare o te Tari Meteorology i te tau 1973. Kua hangaia te whare hei whare mō tēnei hangarau nui, hei whakamahi hoki i tēnei."
I waihangahia e tēnei hangarau ngā maharatanga ataahua mō ngā kaiako, ngā kaimahi me ngā ākonga o Te Whare Wānanga o Texas A&M puta noa i te hītori o te radar i tōna wehenga atu.
I whakahaerehia e ngā ākonga o Te Whare Wānanga o Texas A&M te ADRAD i te wā o te Āwhā a Ike i te tau 2008, ā, i tukuna atu e rātou ngā mōhiohio nui ki te Ratonga Huarere ā-Motu (NWS). Haunga te aroturuki raraunga, i whakaratohia e ngā ākonga he haumaru ā-mīhini ki ngā radar i te whakatata mai o ngā āwhā ki te takutai, ā, i aroturukihia hoki e rātou ngā huinga raraunga nui e hiahiatia ana pea e te Ratonga Huarere ā-Motu.
I te 21 o Poutū-te-rangi, 2022, i whakarato a ADRAD i te āwhina ohorere ki te NWS i te wā i whakakorea ai ngā pūtau aroturuki radar KGRK Williamson County e whakatata atu ana ki te Brazos Valley mō te wā poto e te awhiowhio. Ko te whakatūpato awhiowhio tuatahi i tukuna i taua pō hei whai i te pūtau super i te taha raki o te rārangi o Burleson County i ahu mai i te tātaritanga ADRAD. I te rā i muri mai, e whitu ngā awhiowhio i whakaūtia i te rohe whakatūpato NWS Houston/Galveston County, ā, he mahi nui tā ADRAD ki te matapae me te whakatūpato i te wā o te huihuinga.
Mā te hononga ki a Climavision, e whai ana a Texas A&M Atmopher Sciences ki te whakawhānui ake i ngā āheinga o tana pūnaha radar hou.
"Kua roa te wā e mahi pai ana te radar AjiDoppler ki Texas A&M me te hapori," te kī a Tākuta R. Saravanan, he ahorangi me te kaiwhakahaere o te Tari Pūtaiao Āhuarangi i Texas A&M. "I a ia e tata ana ki te mutunga o tōna oranga whai hua, e harikoa ana mātou ki te whakatū hononga hou ki a Climavision hei whakarite kia wātea he whakakapinga. Ka whai wāhi ā mātou ākonga ki ngā raraunga radar hou mō ā rātou akoranga huarere. "Hei tāpiri, ka whakakīia e te radar hou te 'āpure takoto kau' i te Teihana o te Kareti o Bryan hei āwhina i te hapori o te rohe ki te whakarite pai ake mō te huarere kino."
Kua whakaritea he tapahi rīpene me te whakatapunga mō te tīmatanga o te wāhanga ako o te ngahuru 2024, ina tino whakahaerehia te radar.
Wā tuku: Oketopa-08-2024
