Preliminary Cost Benefit Assessment of Systems for Detection of Hazardous Weather. Volume I,
Abstract
Radar information on the location, intensity, and movement of hazardous weather activity, is required by the Departments of Transportation, Defense, and Commerce. The three agencies have combined to develop a common, new radar system called NEXRAD for NEXt generation RADar. The current system lacks capability to detect wind related weather phenomena, and the new system is expected to use Doppler techniques, solid state technology, and improved processing. This report makes a preliminary assessment of costs and benefits of the NEXRAD program, concluding that the program is cost beneficial, but that not enough is known about the new system's capability to discriminate among alternative numbers and sophistication of radars in the system. Data on losses are reported for nine separate weather hazards: floods, tornadoes, thunderstorms, hurricanes, windstorms, severe winter storms, turbulence, icing, and hail. Estimates are made of those losses avoidable with the new system. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA129308
Entities
People
- Edmund Bromley Jr.
- John T. Willis
- John W. Connolly