Doppler on Wheels

{{Short description|Fleet of truck-mounted weather radars}}

{{Short description|Fleet of truck-mounted weather radars}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = FARM

| name = Doppler on Wheels

|full_name = Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets

| formation = {{start date and age|1995}}, Incorporated {{start date and age|1998|03|24}}Colorado Secretary of State. "Business entity filing image (master file ID 20031035622)". https://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/ViewImage.do?masterFileId=20031035622&fileId=20031035622. Retrieved April 15, 2026.

| full_name = Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets

| logo = CSWR and FARM Facility Logo Red.png

| logo = CSWR and FARM Facility Logo Red.png

| logo_alt = Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets Facility Logo.png

| logo_alt = Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets Facility Logo.png

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| abbreviation = FARM

| abbreviation = FARM

| formation = {{start date and age|1995}}

| formerly = University of Oklahoma Mobile Radar Research Lab (1995-2002), Center for Severe Weather Research (CSWR) (2003-2020)

| founders = [[Joshua Wurman]]

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| type = Research facility

| type = Research facility

| founders = [[Joshua Wurman]]

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| focus = Severe weather research

| focus = Severe weather research

| headquarters = [[Boulder, Colorado]], United States

| headquarters = [[Boulder, Colorado]], United States

| fields = Meteorology and Radar Development

| location = [[Boulder, Colorado]], United States

| region_served = United States

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| fields = Meteorology and Radar Development

| leader_title = Executive Director

| leader_title = Executive Director

| leader_name = [[Joshua Wurman]]

| leader_name = [[Joshua Wurman]]

| leader_title2 = Managing Director

| leader_title2 = Managing Director

| leader_name2 = [[Karen Kosiba]]

| leader_name2 = [[Karen Kosiba]]

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| parent_organization = CSWR Inc. (rebranded into FARM Inc.)

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| affiliations = [[University of Alabama in Huntsville|University of Alabama in Huntsville Severe Weather Institute - Radar & Lightning Laboratory]], [[University of Illinois|University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]

| affiliations = [[University of Alabama in Huntsville|University of Alabama in Huntsville Severe Weather Institute - Radar & Lightning Laboratory]]

| budget =

| revenue = $530,758Candid. "Center for Severe Weather Research, Inc. profile". https://app.candid.org/profile/8099299/center-for-severe-weather-research-inc-73-1538354

| website = {{URL|http://www.farmfacility.org}}

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| location = [[Boulder, Colorado]], United States

| region_served = United States

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| website = {{URL|http://www.farmfacility.org//}}

| former_name = University of Oklahoma Mobile Radar Research Lab (1995-2002), Center for Severe Weather Research (CSWR) (2003-2020)

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[[File:CSWR Probes, Scouts, and DOW PECAN 2015 Media Day.jpg|thumb|Doppler on Wheels 8, Scout vehicles, and probes during PECAN 2015 media day.]]

[[File:CSWR Probes, Scouts, and DOW PECAN 2015 Media Day.jpg|thumb|Doppler on Wheels 8, Scout vehicles, and probes during PECAN 2015 media day.]]

'''Doppler on Wheels''' ('''DOW''') is a fleet of quickly deployable truck-mounted [[weather radar]]s managed by FARM (Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets), an American research company affiliated with the [[University of Alabama in Huntsville]].{{cite web |title=FARM: About the DOWs |url=http://www.farmfacility.org/contents/aboutdows.php |website=www.farmfacility.org |access-date=15 February 2026}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uah.edu/science/science-news/18977-uah-becomes-the-largest-mobile-radar-facility-in-the-u-s-with-the-addition-of-the-farm-to-its-deployable-weather-research-fleet|title=News | College of Science | UAH becomes the largest mobile radar facility in the U.S. with the addition of the FARM to its deployable weather research fleet – UAH | The University of Alabama in Huntsville|website=www.uah.edu|date=4 October 2024 }} The group, which started under the [[University of Oklahoma|University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology]] before becoming an independent nonprofit research facility in 2003, is led by atmospheric scientists [[Joshua Wurman]] and [[Karen Kosiba]]. FARM is partially funded by the [[National Science Foundation]] as part of the "Community Instruments and Facilities" program.{{cite web |title=GEO Research Infrastructure - Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) {{!}} NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation |url=https://www.nsf.gov/geo/research-infrastructure |website=www.nsf.gov |access-date=28 January 2026 |language=en}} The DOW fleet has been used throughout the United States since 1995 and internationally since 1999 to research hazardous and challenging weather phenomena such as [[tornadoes]], [[hail]], and [[hurricanes]]. The name refers to the [[Weather radar|doppler weather radars]] mounted on the trucks, which are able to determine precipitation intensity, velocity, and direction by analyzing the frequency shifts of radar returns.

'''Doppler on Wheels''' ('''DOW''') is a fleet of quickly deployable truck-mounted [[weather radar]]s managed by FARM (Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets), an American research company affiliated with the [[University of Alabama in Huntsville]].{{cite web |title=FARM: About the DOWs |url=http://www.farmfacility.org/contents/aboutdows.php |website=www.farmfacility.org |access-date=15 February 2026}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uah.edu/science/science-news/18977-uah-becomes-the-largest-mobile-radar-facility-in-the-u-s-with-the-addition-of-the-farm-to-its-deployable-weather-research-fleet|title=News | College of Science | UAH becomes the largest mobile radar facility in the U.S. with the addition of the FARM to its deployable weather research fleet – UAH | The University of Alabama in Huntsville|website=www.uah.edu|date=4 October 2024 }} The group, which started under the [[University of Oklahoma|University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology]] before becoming an independent nonprofit research facility in 2003, is led by atmospheric scientists [[Joshua Wurman]] and [[Karen Kosiba]]. FARM is partially funded by the [[National Science Foundation]] as part of the "Community Instruments and Facilities" program.{{cite web |title=GEO Research Infrastructure - Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) {{!}} NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation |url=https://www.nsf.gov/geo/research-infrastructure |website=www.nsf.gov |access-date=28 January 2026 |language=en}} The DOW fleet has been used throughout the United States since 1995 and internationally since 1999 to research hazardous and challenging weather phenomena such as [[tornadoes]], [[hail]], and [[hurricanes]]. The name refers to the [[Weather radar|doppler weather radars]] mounted on the trucks, which are able to determine precipitation intensity, velocity, and direction by analyzing the frequency shifts of radar returns.