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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.
Doppler radar. A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. It does this by bouncing a microwave signal off a desired target and analyzing how the object's motion has altered the frequency of the returned signal. This variation gives direct and highly accurate measurements of the radial component of a target's velocity relative to the radar. Doppler radars are used in aviation, sounding satellites, meteorology, radar guns, radiology a