Friday, 2 March 2012

The All-Weather Radar That Keeps Your Plane from Landing on Luggage Trolleys

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Dual polarization radar. Remember that name, because it could help keep you safe. It's a new weather radar the National Weather Service is rolling out nationwide. It's already in more than 40 cities nationwide, and it arrives inThe ASDE-3/AMASS radar system that spotted an errant Jeep on Philadelphia International's runways has one fatal flaw—it thinks raindrops are incoming jets and goes nuts during downpours. The ASDE Model X, however, monitors runways

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