Radar is quite spectacular in telling us exactly where rain is falling by pinging precipitation with radio waves! Our weather radar can determine more than just a storm’s location, but its movement as ...
On today’s episode of “For Science!” we invite a very special guest to the lab, 9 & 10 chief meteorologist Michael Stevens to discuss the often misunderstood concept of Doppler. Many believe that the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 214th birthday of Christian Doppler, whose ...
The Doppler shift of sound or light waves from a moving source is familiar to physicists and non-physicists alike. Now, researchers in China and Australia have seen the more exotic inverse Doppler ...