Aggieland skyline izahinduka muri wikendi mugihe hashyizweho sisitemu nshya ya radar yikirere hejuru yinzu ya kaminuza ya Texas A&M ya Eller Oceanography na Meteorology.
Ishyirwaho rya radar nshya ni ibisubizo byubufatanye hagati ya Climavision n’ishami rya Texas A&M ishami ry’ubumenyi bw’ikirere kugira ngo bongere gutekereza uburyo abanyeshuri, abarimu n’abaturage biga kandi bakitabira ikirere.
Radar nshya isimbuye Agi Doppler Radar ishaje (ADRAD) yiganjemo Agilan kuva hubakwa inyubako ya Operations and Maintenance mu 1973. Ivugurura rikomeye rya nyuma rya ADRAD ryabaye mu 1997.
Ikirere kibyemerera, gukuraho ADRAD no gushyiraho radar nshya bizaba hakoreshejwe kajugujugu kuwa gatandatu.
Dr. Eric Nelson, umwungirije wungirije ushinzwe ubumenyi bw’ikirere yagize ati: "Sisitemu ya kijyambere ya radar yagiye ivugururwa mu gihe cyagenwe, harimo n’ikoranabuhanga rishaje kandi rishya." Ati: "N'ubwo ibice nk'ibikoresho byakira imirasire hamwe na transmitter byagaruwe neza, icyaduhangayikishije cyane ni ukuzunguruka kwabo ku gisenge cy'inyubako ikora. Imikorere ya radar yizewe yarushijeho kubahenze kandi idashidikanywaho kubera kwambara no kurira. Nubwo rimwe na rimwe ikora, kwemeza imikorere ihamye byabaye ikibazo gikomeye, kandi igihe habonetse amahirwe ya Climavision, byasobanutse neza."
Sisitemu nshya ya radar ni X-band radar itanga amakuru yikirenga kuruta ubushobozi bwa S-band ya ADRAD. Irimo antenne ya metero 8 imbere muri radome ya metero 12, kugenda cyane muri radar zishaje zidafite amazu yo kubarinda kugirango zibarinde ibidukikije nkikirere, imyanda ndetse n’ibyangiza umubiri.
Radar nshya yongeramo ubushobozi bwa polarisiyasi nubushobozi bukomeza, iterambere rikomeye kurenza iyayibanjirije. Bitandukanye na ADRAD imwe itambitse ya polarisiyasi, polarisiyasi ebyiri ituma imiraba ya radar igenda murugendo rwombi rutambitse kandi ruhagaritse. Dr. Courtney Schumacher, umwarimu w’ubumenyi bw’ikirere muri kaminuza ya Texas A&M, asobanura iki gitekerezo agereranya inzoka na dolphine.
Schumacher yagize ati: “Tekereza inzoka hasi, ishushanya polarisiyonike itambitse ya radar ishaje.” Ati: “Ugereranije, radar nshya yitwara cyane nka dolphine, ikabasha kugenda mu ndege ihagaritse, ikemerera kwitegereza haba mu buryo butambitse kandi buhagaritse. Ubu bushobozi budufasha kumenya hydrometeor mu bipimo bine no gutandukanya urubura, urubura na shelegi. N'urubura, ndetse tunasuzuma ibintu nk'ubunini n'uburemere bw'imvura.”
Igikorwa cyacyo gikomeza bivuze ko radar ishobora gutanga ibisobanuro byuzuye, bikemurwa cyane bidakenewe ko abarimu nabanyeshuri babigiramo uruhare, mugihe ikirere cyaba kiri murwego.
Dr. Don Conley, umwarimu w’ubumenyi bw’ikirere muri Texas A&M yagize ati: "Aho radar ya Texas A&M iherereye bituma iba radar yingenzi mu kureba bimwe mu bintu bishimishije kandi rimwe na rimwe bishobora guteza akaga." Ati: "Radar nshya izatanga imibare mishya y’ubushakashatsi ku bushakashatsi bw’ikirere bukabije kandi buteje akaga, ari nako butanga amahirwe y’inyongera ku banyeshuri barangije icyiciro cya mbere cyo gukora ubushakashatsi bwimbitse bakoresheje amakuru y’ibanze."
Ingaruka za radar nshya ntizirenze amashuri makuru, zitezimbere cyane iteganyagihe hamwe na serivisi zo kuburira abaturage baho mu kwagura amakuru no kongera ukuri. Ubushobozi buzamuye ni ingenzi mu gutanga amakuru ku gihe kandi nyacyo, kuburira ubuzima no kugabanya ibyangiritse mu gihe cy’ikirere gikomeye. Sitasiyo ya Bryan College, mbere iherereye mu gace ka “radar gap”, izahabwa amakuru yuzuye ahantu hirengeye, byongere imyiteguro n’umutekano rusange.
Amakuru ya radar azashyikirizwa abafatanyabikorwa ba leta ya Climavision, nka Laboratoire y’igihugu ikaze, ndetse n’abandi bakiriya ba Climavision, harimo n’itangazamakuru. Ni ukubera ingaruka ebyiri ku myigire myiza n’umutekano rusange niho Climavision ishishikajwe cyane no gufatanya na Texas A&M guteza imbere radar nshya.
Umuyobozi mukuru wa Louisville, Climavision ikorera muri Kentucky, Chris Good yagize ati: "Birashimishije gukorana na Texas A&M mu gushyiraho radar yacu y'ikirere kugira ngo twuzuze icyuho kiri mu murima." Ati: "Uyu mushinga ntiwagura gusa urwego ruciriritse rwo mu rwego rwo hasi. Ibigo bya kaminuza n'amashuri makuru, ariko kandi biha abanyeshuri uburambe bwo kwiga amakuru yo mu rwego rwo hejuru bizagira ingaruka nziza ku baturage."
Radar nshya ya Climavision nubufatanye n’ishami ry’ubumenyi bw’ikirere byerekana ko ari intambwe ikomeye muri Texas A & M umurage ukungahaye ku ikoranabuhanga rya radar, guhera mu myaka ya za 1960 kandi wahoze ku isonga mu guhanga udushya.
Conley yagize ati: "Texas A&M imaze igihe kinini igira uruhare runini mu bushakashatsi bwa radar." Ati: "Porofeseri Aggie yagize uruhare runini mu kumenya imirongo myiza n'uburebure bwo gukoresha radar, ashyiraho urufatiro rw'iterambere mu gihugu hose kuva mu myaka ya za 1960. Akamaro ka radar kagaragaye mu iyubakwa rya Biro ya Meteorology mu 1973. Iyi nyubako yagenewe kubamo no gukoresha ubwo buhanga bukomeye."
Iri koranabuhanga ryibukije cyane abarimu, abakozi n’abanyeshuri ba kaminuza ya Texas A&M mu mateka ya radar igihe yasezeye.
Abanyeshuri bo muri kaminuza ya Texas A&M bakoze ADRAD mu gihe cya serwakira Ike mu 2008 kandi bageza amakuru akomeye ku kigo cy’igihugu gishinzwe ikirere (NWS). Usibye gukurikirana amakuru, abanyeshuri batanze umutekano muke kuri radar mugihe inkubi y'umuyaga yegereye inkombe kandi bakanagenzura amakuru akomeye ashobora gukenerwa n’ikigo cy’igihugu gishinzwe ikirere.
Ku ya 21 Werurwe 2022, ADRAD yatanze ubufasha bwihutirwa kuri NWS igihe KGRK Williamson yo mu ntara ya radar ikurikirana super supercell zegera ikibaya cya Brazos zamugaye by'agateganyo na serwakira. Umuburo wa mbere wa tornado watanzwe muri iryo joro kugirango ukurikirane supercell kumurongo wamajyaruguru ya Burleson County washingiye kubisesengura ADRAD. Bukeye bwaho, inkubi y'umuyaga irindwi yemejwe mu gace ka NWS Houston / Galveston County, kandi ADRAD yagize uruhare runini mu guhanura no kuburira muri ibyo birori.
Binyuze ku bufatanye na Climavision, Texas A&M Atmopher Science igamije kwagura cyane ubushobozi bwa sisitemu nshya ya radar.
Dr. R. Saravanan, umwarimu akaba n'umuyobozi w'ishami ry'ubumenyi bw'ikirere muri Texas A&M yagize ati: "AjiDoppler radar imaze imyaka mirongo ikorera Texas A&M n'abaturage neza." Ati: "Mu gihe cyegereje iherezo ry'ubuzima bwacyo bw'ingirakamaro, twishimiye kugirana ubufatanye bushya na Climavision kugira ngo dusimbure ku gihe. Abanyeshuri bacu bazabona amakuru ya radar agezweho kugira ngo bige ubumenyi bw’ikirere." Byongeye kandi, radar nshya izuzuza 'umurima wuzuye' kuri sitasiyo ya Bryan College kugira ngo ifashe abaturage baho kwitegura neza ikirere gikaze. ”
Hateganijwe umuhango wo guca no kwiyegurira Imana mu ntangiriro yigihembwe cya 2024, iyo radar ikora neza.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ukwakira-08-2024