Jirgin saman Aggieland zai canza wannan karshen mako lokacin da aka sanya sabon tsarin radar yanayi a kan rufin ginin Eller Oceanography da Meteorology na Jami'ar Texas A&M.
Shigar da sabon radar shine sakamakon haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Climavision da Texas A&M Department of Atmospheric Sciences don sake tunanin yadda ɗalibai, malamai da al'umma ke koyo da amsa yanayin yanayi.
Sabuwar radar ta maye gurbin tsufa na Agi Doppler Radar (ADRAD) wanda ya mamaye Agilan tun lokacin da aka gina Ginin Ayyuka da Kulawa a cikin 1973. Babban haɓakawa na ƙarshe na ADRAD ya faru ne a cikin 1997.
Izinin yanayi, cire ADRAD da shigar da sabon radar za a yi amfani da helikofta ranar Asabar.
"Tsarin radar na zamani sun sami gyare-gyare da yawa a tsawon lokaci, ciki har da tsofaffi da sababbin fasaha," in ji Dokta Eric Nelson, mataimakin farfesa na kimiyyar yanayi. "Ko da yake an samu nasarar gano wasu abubuwa kamar na'urar daukar hoto da watsawa, babban abin da ke damun mu shi ne jujjuyawar injina a kan rufin ginin ginin. Amintaccen aikin radar ya zama mai tsada da rashin tabbas saboda lalacewa.
Sabon tsarin radar radar ne na X-band wanda ke ba da mafi girman sayan bayanan ƙuduri fiye da damar ADRAD's S-band. Yana da eriya mai ƙafa 8 a cikin radome mai ƙafa 12, babban tashi daga tsofaffin radars waɗanda ba su da gidaje masu kariya don kare su daga yanayin muhalli kamar yanayi, tarkace da lalacewar jiki.
Sabuwar radar yana ƙara ƙarfin polarization biyu da ci gaba da aiki, mafi mahimmancin ci gaba akan wanda ya riga shi. Ba kamar ADRAD guda ɗaya a kwance ba, polarization dual yana ba da damar radar radar don tafiya cikin duka jiragen sama a kwance da a tsaye. Dokta Courtney Schumacher, farfesa na kimiyyar yanayi a Jami'ar Texas A&M, ya bayyana wannan ra'ayi tare da kwatankwacin macizai da dolphins.
"Ka yi tunanin maciji a ƙasa, wanda ke nuna alamar rashin daidaituwa na tsohuwar radar," in ji Schumacher. "Idan aka kwatanta, sabon radar yana nuna hali fiye da dabbar dolphin, yana iya motsawa a cikin jirgin sama a tsaye, yana ba da damar dubawa a cikin nau'i biyu na kwance da kuma a tsaye. Wannan ƙarfin yana ba mu damar gano hydrometers a cikin nau'i hudu da kuma bambanta tsakanin kankara, sleet da dusar ƙanƙara.
Ci gaba da aikinsa yana nufin radar na iya samar da cikakkiyar cikakkiyar ra'ayi mai mahimmanci ba tare da buƙatar malamai da dalibai su shiga ba, muddin tsarin yanayi yana cikin kewayo.
"Wurin radar Texas A & M ya sa ya zama radar mai mahimmanci don lura da wasu abubuwa masu ban sha'awa da kuma wasu lokuta masu haɗari," in ji Dokta Don Conley, farfesa na kimiyyar yanayi a Texas A & M. "Sabuwar radar za ta samar da sababbin bayanan bincike don bincike na yanayi mai tsanani da haɗari na gargajiya, yayin da kuma samar da ƙarin dama ga daliban da ke karatun digiri don gudanar da bincike na gabatarwa ta amfani da mahimman bayanai na gida."
Sabon tasirin radar ya wuce ilimin kimiyya, yana inganta haɓaka hasashen yanayi da sabis na gargaɗi ga al'ummomin gida ta hanyar faɗaɗa ɗaukar hoto da haɓaka daidaito. Ƙarfin haɓakawa yana da mahimmanci don ba da faɗakarwar yanayi daidai kuma daidai, ceton rayuka da rage lalacewar dukiya a lokacin munanan yanayi. Bryan College Station, wanda a baya yake a cikin "radar gap", zai sami cikakken ɗaukar hoto a ƙananan wurare, ƙara yawan shirye-shiryen jama'a da aminci.
Za a samar da bayanan radar ga abokan tarayya na Climavision, kamar Laboratory Severe Storms Laboratory, da sauran abokan cinikin Climavision, gami da kafofin watsa labarai. Saboda tasirin dual akan ingantaccen ilimi da amincin jama'a ne Climavision ke da sha'awar haɗin gwiwa tare da Texas A&M don haɓaka sabon radar.
"Abin farin ciki ne a yi aiki tare da Texas A&M don shigar da radar yanayin mu don cike giɓi a fagen," in ji Chris Good, Shugaba na Louisville, Climavision na tushen Kentucky. "Wannan aikin ba wai kawai yana faɗaɗa cikakken ɗaukar hoto ba. Jami'o'i da makarantun kwalejoji, amma kuma yana ba wa ɗalibai ƙwarewa ta hanyar koyon ƙwararrun bayanai waɗanda za su yi tasiri sosai ga al'ummomin gida."
Sabuwar radar Climavision da haɗin gwiwa tare da Sashen Kimiyyar Yanayin yanayi alama ce ta ci gaba a cikin arziƙin fasahar radar Texas A&M, wacce ta samo asali tun shekarun 1960 kuma koyaushe tana kan gaba wajen ƙirƙira.
"Texas A&M ya dade yana taka rawa na farko a cikin binciken radar yanayi," in ji Conley. "Farfesa Aggie ya taka rawa wajen gano mafi kyawun mitoci da tsayin daka don amfani da na'urar radar, wanda ya kafa harsashin ci gaba a duk fadin kasar tun daga shekarun 1960. Muhimmancin radar ya bayyana yayin da aka gina ginin Ofishin Kula da Yanayi a 1973. An tsara ginin ne don ginawa da kuma amfani da wannan fasaha mai mahimmanci."
Wannan fasaha ta haifar da abubuwan tunawa masu daɗi ga jami'ar Texas A&M, ma'aikata da ɗalibai a cikin tarihin radar yayin da ta yi ritaya.
Daliban Jami'ar Texas A&M sun gudanar da ADRAD a lokacin Hurricane Ike a cikin 2008 kuma sun ba da mahimman bayanai ga Sabis ɗin Yanayi na Ƙasa (NWS). Baya ga sa ido kan bayanai, ɗalibai sun ba da kariya ta injina ga radars yayin da guguwa ta tunkaro gaɓar teku tare da sanya ido kan mahimman bayanan da Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta ƙasa ke buƙata.
A ranar 21 ga Maris, 2022, ADRAD ta ba da agajin gaggawa ga NWS lokacin da KGRK Williamson County radar sa ido kan manyan ƙwayoyin cuta da ke gabatowa Kwarin Brazos sun sami rauni na ɗan lokaci ta hanyar guguwa. Gargadin guguwa ta farko da aka bayar a wannan daren don bin diddigin wani supercell a kan layin arewacin Burleson County ya dogara ne akan nazarin ADRAD. Kashegari, an tabbatar da guguwa bakwai a yankin NWS Houston/Galveston County na gargadi, kuma ADRAD ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen yin hasashe da gargadi yayin taron.
Ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da Climavision, Texas A&M Atmopher Sciences yana da nufin faɗaɗa ƙarfin sabon tsarin radarsa.
"AjiDoppler radar ya bauta wa Texas A&M da al'umma da kyau shekaru da yawa," in ji Dokta R. Saravanan, farfesa kuma darektan Sashen Kimiyyar yanayi a Texas A&M. "Yayin da yake gabatowa ƙarshen rayuwarsa mai amfani, muna farin cikin ƙirƙirar sabon haɗin gwiwa tare da Climavision don tabbatar da sauyawar lokaci. Dalibanmu za su sami damar samun sabbin bayanan radar don ilimin yanayin yanayin su. "Bugu da ƙari, sabon radar zai cika 'filin sarari' a tashar Kwalejin Bryan don taimakawa al'ummomin yankin su shirya don tsananin yanayi. "
An shirya bikin yankan kintinkiri da sadaukarwa don farkon lokacin zangon bazara na 2024, lokacin da radar ya cika aiki.
Lokacin aikawa: Oktoba-08-2024