This page is a condensed excerpt from the weather radar survey issued to students in Yankee Actual's EW operations training programs. The complete survey spans national networks, terminal Doppler, commercial, airborne, spaceborne, and profiler radars.
| System / Examples | Category | Band / Frequency | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Representative Emitter Classes — Sample Only | |||
WSR-88D NEXRAD 160-site NWS/FAA/USAF network |
NAT | S-band 2.7–3.0 GHz | The highest-EIRP civil emitter in the US (~104 dBW peak) |
TDWR Terminal Doppler Weather Radar |
TERM | C-band 5.6 GHz | Airport microburst detection — the radar behind Wi-Fi DFS rules |
Commercial / gap-filler Broadcast C-band · X-band urban |
COM | C / X-band | Regional and TV-station radars; magnetron and modern solid-state |
Airborne weather WXR-2100 · RDR-4000 class |
AIR | X-band 9.3–9.4 GHz | Air-transport nose radar with predictive wind-shear Doppler modes |
Spaceborne GPM DPR · CloudSat / EarthCARE |
SPACE | Ku / Ka / W-band | Precipitation and cloud radar illuminating from orbit |
Wind profilers 449 / 915 MHz networks |
PROF | UHF | Continuous vertically-pointing emitters — including one inside the ISM band |
