What Is Cone Of Silence?
The blind spot directly above a radar, where the beam never points straight up, so storms overhead are only partly seen. In technical terms: The inverted-cone volume above a radar site that lies above the highest elevation angle (19.5 degrees on WSR-88D), in which no data are sampled; nearby storm tops and upper structure are missed.
Cone Of Silence In Plain English
The blind spot directly above a radar, where the beam never points straight up, so storms overhead are only partly seen.
The Technical Definition
The inverted-cone volume above a radar site that lies above the highest elevation angle (19.5 degrees on WSR-88D), in which no data are sampled; nearby storm tops and upper structure are missed.
Lessons That Use Cone Of Silence
- Beam Height, Range And The Cone Of Silence Unit 12: Radar Science
