The Advanced Technology Demonstrator at the National Severe Storms Laboratory: Challenges and Successes

The Advanced Technology Demonstrator (ATD) is located at the National Weather Radar Testbed in Norman, Oklahoma and is the first full-scale, S-band, dual-polarization, active, electronically scanned phased-array radar (PAR) for weather observations. The ATD leverages several prior investments to provide a flexible and affordable weather radar system with which to demonstrate and evaluate the PAR p...