Use of radio waves eyed to forecast regional downpours

Use of radio waves eyed to forecast regional downpours

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Kawamura, senior researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Koganei, western Tokyo, explains a prototype system to receive radio waves for terrestrial digital broadcasting from the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower to forecast regional torrential downpours, as seen in this file photo taken in June 2014.

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