airborne weather radar
11Airborne wind shear detection and alert system — The Airborne wind shear detection and alert system detects and alerts the pilot both visually and aurally of a wind shear condition. In case of reactive wind shear detection system, the detection takes place when the aircraft penetrates a wind… …
12Weather buoy — operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center Weather buoys are instruments which collect …
13airborne radar — A radar on board aircraft. This may be an air interception radar normally fitted on combat aircraft. This may also be an early warning radar as fitted on AEW (airborne early warning) or AWACS (airborne warning and control system) aircraft, but it …
14radar imagery — The imagery produced by recording radar waves reflected from a given target surface. The objects, unlike in other forms of imaging, may not look exactly as they do visually. This imagery can be collected day or night and in bad weather. Radar… …
15Radar MASINT — is one of the subdisciplines of Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) and refers to intelligence gathering activities that bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT),… …
16Airborne forces — Airborne Military parachuting or gliding form of inserting personnel or supplies. Purpose Delivering personnel, equipment, or supplies. Origins Attributed to Italian troops on November 1927. [ Parachutist Badge awarded by the United States Army… …
17Weather ship — The weather ship MS Polarfront at sea. A weather ship was a ship stationed in the ocean as a platform for surface and upper air meteorological observations for use in weather forecasting. They were primarily located in the north Atlantic and… …
18History of radar — The history of radar starts with experiments by Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century that showed that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects. This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell s seminal work on electromagnetism.… …
19Air Force Special Operations Weather Technician — U.S. Air Force Special Operations Weather Team U.S. Air Force Special Operations Weather Team Specialist flash with crest …
20H2S radar — The H2S radar was used in bombers of RAF Bomber Command. It was designed to identify targets on the ground for night and all weather bombing. The transmitter/receiver equipment was officially known as TR3159 (H2S Mk I/ASV VIB) or TR3191 (H2S Mk… …
