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Noun. 1. Doppler radar-radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity. microwave radar, radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation-measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
The data can be transmitted over many miles or kilometres, and the measuring method is very accurate and with a maxium deviation of +/- 2%. A weather radar is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type (rain, snow, hail, etc.), and forecast its future position and intensity. Weather radars are mostly doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to intensity of the precipitation.