Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Imagine you're at the train station, waiting to catch the northbound train. It's a quiet ...

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 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. There are many laws that govern the natural world: the laws of polarity, gravity, relativity ...

The headline is somewhat of a trick question: of course the effect did exist before the railroads. However, it wasn’t yet defined by the physics of the day, nor was it even noticed before the ...

Doppler radar stands as the most important modern invention in meteorology, fundamentally transforming how we predict, prepare for, and track severe weather events. Since installations began across ...

Everyone has experienced the Doppler effect: an ambulance's siren has a higher pitch as it approaches you, and a lower pitch when moving away. Now imagine that the pitch goes down as the ambulance ...

Last night, my husband and I were preparing to watch Poker Face with our daughter. (If you haven’t seen this new show starring Natasha Lyonne, you should try it. It’s a combination of Columbo–in terms ...

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 ...