Utilising the technical expertise FURUNO has accumulated through the development of marine Radar that has earned the leading market share, FURUNO, in close collaboration with universities and other business organisations, is now working on development of solution for meteorological monitoring and analysis. FURUNO’s high quality compact X-band Doppler Weather Radar is indispensable for localised weather forecasting to materialise better safety in the society where the impact arising from the meteorological disasters can be diminished.
Doppler Weather Radar utilising solid state technology; By utilising solid state technology, the operating cost can be reduced thanks to lowering of power consumption as well as replacement of consumables. Moreover, high precision monitoring of precipitation is facilitated through a wide range of signal processing capability brought about by the solid state technology.
Dual Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar simultaneously transmits and receives horizontally- and vertically-polarised radio waves. It is capable of computing the movement velocity of nimbus, as can be obtained from Single Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar using horizontally-polarised radio waves, as well as precise precipitation intensity.
Shape of precipitation particles is horizontally-long oval, due to the effect from atmosphere and gravity.
Using these characteristics, Dual Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar obtains diameters of precipitation particles to compute precise precipitation intensity.
FURUNO, which has earned the leading market share in marine Radar, provides Dual Polarimetric X-band Doppler Weather Radar WR-2100.
With ultra high definition spatiotemporal resolution capability, the WR-2100 Dual Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar grasps omni-directional precipitation intensity in 50-metre-mesh in six-second-intervals. By conducting high spatiotemporal resolution monitoring of the development process, three-dimensional structure as well as movement of a cumulonimbus, which causes precipitation, the development of short localised rainstorms can be predicted. Moreover, the WR-2100 has been downsized during the development phase to the extent that can be classified as one of the smallest and lightest Dual Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar available in the market.
Combining WR-2100s, which conducts high-speed detection of movement of the nimbus, FURUNO delivers “Multi-Radar System” capable of conducting real-time 3D monitoring of meteorological phenomena at a modest investment.
