Weather Radar Fundamentals


Doppler Velocity Measurements » Questions » Question 6

When aliasing occurs, the zero isodop appears between the aliased and unaliased regions, making it more difficult to determine what the winds are doing. (Choose the best answer.)

The correct answer is b.

As shown in this image, when velocities exceed the maximum unambiguous velocity, they are displayed as a wind of the opposite sign. A value of zero will not occur during this process, so aliased pixels will be located directly adjacent to usual velocity data without a zero isodop between the two.

An idealized radial velocity image showing that maximum or minimum contain colors from the opposite wind direction (outlined in white) when the radar samples strong jets or tropical cyclones.
Please make a selection.