Peter H. Hildebrand

TL;DR: The Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (FASTEX) as discussed by the authors was used to study the life cycle of cyclones evolving over the North Atlantic Ocean in January and February 1997.

TL;DR: The ELDORA/ASTRAIA (Electra Doppler Radar/Analyese Stereoscopic par Impulsions Aeroporte) radar was recently placed in service by the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Centre d'etude des Environnements Terrestre et Planetaires in France as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The first phase of the FASTEX project as discussed by the authors took place between 5 January and 27 February 1997 with the deployment of a unique set of observing facilities across the North-Atlantic.

TL;DR: In this article, a vertically scanning, airborne, pulse-Doppler radar is described and an intercomparison with a ground-based Doppler network is conducted.

TL;DR: The first field deployment of ELDORA occurred in 1993, but it was not until VORTEX (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment) that the system was operating up to its full capabilities as discussed by the authors.