In the latest issue of How It Works: How we cleaned up the world's worst human-made disasters, how radar works, why we get addicted, the history of flight, and can we control the weather? When you ...

Tune into any TV weather report and you’ll hear the words “Doppler radar” as meteorologists track storms across California. But how does Doppler radar work? And how accurate is it? The concept of ...

When we look at the weather, radar plays a big role in helping us understand if it's raining or snowing. Here's how it works: Radar works by sending out radio waves that travel through the air. When ...

Hail shows up brightest, as the chunks of ice (relative to the smaller raindrops) are highly reflective and large. This is handy when trying to identify if a storm brings a hail threat or not. Radar ...

On this edition of Science With Swope, Meteorologist Lacey Swope explains how radar works and helps to track storms.

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Editors note: This story is part of 13WMAZ's Weather Impact Hurricane Season special, highlighting the impact of hurricanes and how to be prepared. You can watch that special on ...

Radar systems generally consist of a transmitter which can produce electromagnetic signal and which is radiated into space using an antenna. When this signals strikes an object it reflects into many ...