 | This article needs to be updated. (December 2016) |
OU-PRIME (Polarimetric Radar for Innovations in Meteorology and Engineering) was an advanced Doppler weather radar. It was completed in January 2009 after a ten-month construction period and commissioned on April 4, 2009.[1][2] It was operated by the Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC) at the University of Oklahoma (OU). The radar was manufactured by Enterprise Electronics Corporation to provide OU students and faculty a platform for research and education in the field of radar meteorology. This C-band polarimetric radar has some of the highest resolution data of any C-band weather radar in the United States.[1][2][3][4]
OU-PRIME was struck by lightning on 19 March 2012 around 9:20am local time. Since then, the radar has not been operated due to damage.[5]
- ^ a b Advanced Radar Research Center (April 3, 2009). "THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TO HOLD COMMISSIONING CEREMONY FOR NEWEST RADAR" (pdf). University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2009-04-15. [dead link]
- ^ a b Clark Foy (January 2009). "Hi-def radar comes to South Campus". The Oklahoma Daily. Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ Bryan Painter (March 7, 2009). "OU-PRIME captures information from February tornado". The Oklahoman Direct. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ Advanced Radar Research Center. "OU-PRIME" (pdf). University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2009-04-15. [dead link]
- ^ https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/weathermatrix/videos-lightning-hits-radar-power-transformers/44648