Za a sauya tsarin sararin samaniya na Aggieland a wannan karshen mako lokacin da aka sanya sabon tsarin radar yanayi a kan rufin ginin Eller Oceanography and Meteorology na Jami'ar Texas A&M.
Shigar da sabon radar sakamakon haɗin gwiwa ne tsakanin Climavision da Sashen Kimiyyar Yanayi na Texas A&M don sake tunanin yadda ɗalibai, malamai da al'umma ke koyo da kuma mayar da martani ga yanayin yanayi.
Sabuwar na'urar radar ta maye gurbin tsohuwar na'urar radar ta Agi Doppler (ADRAD) wacce ta mamaye Agilan tun lokacin da aka gina ginin Ayyuka da Kulawa a shekarar 1973. Babban ci gaba na ADRAD ya faru ne a shekarar 1997.
Idan yanayi ya yi kyau, za a yi amfani da jirgin helikwafta wajen cire ADRAD da kuma sanya sabon radar a ranar Asabar.
"Tsarin radar na zamani sun sami ci gaba da dama a tsawon lokaci, ciki har da tsoffin fasahohi da sabbin fasahohi," in ji Dakta Eric Nelson, mataimakin farfesa a fannin kimiyyar yanayi. "Kodayake an samu nasarar dawo da sassan kamar masu karɓar radiation da na'urar watsawa, babban abin da ya dame mu shi ne juyawar injina a kan rufin ginin aiki. Ingancin aikin radar ya zama mai tsada da rashin tabbas saboda lalacewa da tsagewa. Ko da yake wani lokacin yana aiki, tabbatar da aiki mai daidaito ya zama muhimmin batu, kuma lokacin da damar Climavision ta taso, ya yi daidai."
Sabuwar tsarin radar radar ce ta X-band wadda ke samar da ingantaccen tattara bayanai fiye da ƙarfin S-band na ADRAD. Tana da eriya mai tsawon ƙafa 8 a cikin radome mai tsawon ƙafa 12, wanda ya bambanta da tsoffin radar waɗanda ba su da wurin kariya don kare su daga yanayin muhalli kamar yanayi, tarkace da lalacewar jiki.
Sabuwar na'urar radar tana ƙara ƙarfin raba haske da aiki mai ci gaba, mafi girman ci gaba fiye da wanda ya gabace ta. Ba kamar raba haske da aka yi da ADRAD ba, raba haske da haske yana ba da damar raƙuman radar su yi tafiya a cikin jiragen sama na kwance da na tsaye. Dr. Courtney Schumacher, farfesa a fannin kimiyyar yanayi a Jami'ar Texas A&M, ta bayyana wannan ra'ayi da misalin macizai da dolphins.
Schumacher ya ce, "Ka yi tunanin maciji a ƙasa, wanda ke nuna rarrabuwar kawuna a kwance na tsohon radar." "A kwatanta, sabon radar yana aiki kamar dabbar dolphin, yana iya motsawa a cikin jirgin sama mai tsayi, yana ba da damar lura a cikin girma a kwance da kuma a tsaye. Wannan ikon yana ba mu damar gano hydrometers a cikin girma huɗu da kuma bambance tsakanin kankara, dusar ƙanƙara da dusar ƙanƙara. da ƙanƙara, da kuma kimanta abubuwa kamar adadin da ƙarfin ruwan sama."
Ci gaba da aikinsa yana nufin na'urar radar za ta iya samar da cikakken ra'ayi mai inganci ba tare da buƙatar malamai da ɗalibai su shiga ba, matuƙar tsarin yanayi yana cikin iyaka.
"Wurin da aka gina radar ta Texas A&M ya sanya ta zama muhimmiyar hanyar gano wasu daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi ban sha'awa kuma wani lokacin masu haɗari a yanayi," in ji Dr. Don Conley, farfesa a fannin kimiyyar yanayi a Texas A&M. "Sabon radar zai samar da sabbin bayanai na bincike don binciken yanayi mai tsanani da haɗari na gargajiya, yayin da kuma zai samar da ƙarin dama ga ɗaliban da ke karatun digiri na farko don gudanar da bincike na gabatarwa ta amfani da mahimman bayanai na gida."
Tasirin sabon radar ya wuce na ilimi, yana inganta hasashen yanayi da ayyukan gargaɗi ga al'ummomin yankin ta hanyar faɗaɗa ɗaukar hoto da ƙara daidaito. Ingantaccen iyawa yana da mahimmanci don bayar da gargaɗin yanayi akan lokaci da daidai, ceton rayuka da rage lalacewar dukiya a lokacin mummunan yanayi. Tashar Kwalejin Bryan, wacce a da take a yankin "rata ta radar", za ta sami cikakken ɗaukar hoto a ƙananan tsaunuka, wanda zai ƙara shirye-shiryen jama'a da aminci.
Za a samar da bayanan radar ga abokan hulɗar tarayya na Climavision, kamar Dakin Gwaji na Ƙasa Mai Tsanani, da kuma sauran abokan hulɗar Climavision, gami da kafofin watsa labarai. Saboda tasirin da Climavision ke yi wa ƙwarewar ilimi da tsaron jama'a ne ya sa Climavision ke da sha'awar yin haɗin gwiwa da Texas A&M don ƙirƙirar sabuwar radar.
"Abin farin ciki ne a yi aiki tare da Texas A&M don shigar da na'urar hasashen yanayi don cike gibin da ke cikin wannan fanni," in ji Chris Good, Shugaba na Climavision da ke Louisville, Kentucky. "Wannan aikin ba wai kawai yana faɗaɗa cikakken tsarin kula da ƙananan makarantu na jami'o'i da kwalejoji ba, har ma yana ba wa ɗalibai ƙwarewar aiki ta hanyar koyon bayanai na zamani waɗanda za su yi tasiri sosai ga al'ummomin yankin."
Sabuwar na'urar hangen nesa ta Climavision da haɗin gwiwa da Ma'aikatar Kimiyyar Yanayi ta nuna wani muhimmin ci gaba a cikin tarihin fasahar radar ta Texas A&M, wacce ta samo asali tun daga shekarun 1960 kuma koyaushe tana kan gaba a cikin sabbin abubuwa.
Conley ya ce, "Texas A&M ta daɗe tana taka muhimmiyar rawa a binciken radar yanayi." "Farfesa Aggie ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen gano mitoci mafi kyau da tsawon raƙuman ruwa don amfani da radar, yana shimfida harsashin ci gaba a faɗin ƙasar tun daga shekarun 1960. Muhimmancin radar ya bayyana a fili lokacin da aka gina ginin Ofishin Kula da Yanayi a shekarar 1973. An tsara ginin ne don ginawa da amfani da wannan fasaha mai mahimmanci."
Wannan fasaha ta haifar da abubuwan tunawa masu daɗi ga malamai, ma'aikata da ɗalibai na Jami'ar Texas A&M a tsawon tarihin radar yayin da ta yi ritaya.
Daliban Jami'ar Texas A&M sun gudanar da aikin ADRAD a lokacin guguwar Ike a shekarar 2008 kuma sun isar da muhimman bayanai ga Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta Ƙasa (NWS). Baya ga sa ido kan bayanai, ɗalibai sun samar da kariya daga injina ga na'urorin radar yayin da guguwa ke kusanto bakin teku, kuma sun kuma sa ido kan mahimman bayanai da Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta Ƙasa za ta iya buƙata.
A ranar 21 ga Maris, 2022, ADRAD ta ba da taimakon gaggawa ga NWS lokacin da manyan ƙwayoyin radar na KGRK County Williamson da ke kusa da kwarin Brazos suka lalace na ɗan lokaci sakamakon guguwa. Gargaɗin farko da aka bayar a wannan daren don bin diddigin wani ƙaramin ƙaramin jirgin sama a kan layin arewacin Burleson County ya dogara ne akan nazarin ADRAD. Washegari, an tabbatar da guguwa bakwai a yankin gargaɗi na NWS Houston/Galveston County, kuma ADRAD ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen hasashen da gargaɗi a lokacin taron.
Ta hanyar haɗin gwiwarta da Climavision, Texas A&M Atmopher Sciences na da niyyar faɗaɗa ƙarfin sabon tsarin radar ɗinta sosai.
"Radar AjiDoppler ta yi wa Texas A&M da al'umma hidima tsawon shekaru da dama," in ji Dr. R. Saravanan, farfesa kuma darektan Sashen Kimiyyar Yanayi a Texas A&M. "Yayin da take gab da ƙarshen rayuwarta mai amfani, muna farin cikin ƙulla sabuwar haɗin gwiwa da Climavision don tabbatar da maye gurbinta cikin lokaci. Ɗalibanmu za su sami damar samun sabbin bayanai na radar don ilimin yanayin yanayi. "Bugu da ƙari, sabon radar zai cike 'filin da babu komai' a Tashar Kwalejin Bryan don taimakawa al'ummar yankin su shirya sosai don fuskantar yanayi mai tsanani."
Ana shirin yin bikin yanke kintinkiri da kuma sadaukar da kai a farkon zangon karatu na kaka na 2024, lokacin da radar za ta fara aiki gaba daya.
Lokacin Saƙo: Oktoba-08-2024