weather radarn. radar used for meteorological investigations (e.g. of rain).
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1946 1st Technical Rep. Weather Radar Research (Mass. Inst. Technol. Dept. Meteorol.) (AD 54113) 3 (heading) Weather-radar observations at M.I.T.'s Radiation Laboratory.
1979 Atmosphere-Ocean XVII. 78 The radar data were obtained from the McGill Weather Radar located just outside Montreal.