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Term of the Road Dictionary

weather radar

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Environment Climate and Geography
  • Definition : Network of radars which use a beam specifically tuned to detect rain droplets (or snowflakes) and hence infer the location and intensity of rain reaching the surface.

Wetterradar

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Umwelt Klima und Geographie
  • Definition : Radar zur Ortung von Wolken und Niederschlag. Das Radar dient in der Meteorologie zur Erfassung und Kurzfristvorhersage von Niederschlag und Gewitter.

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