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First fast tornado-detecting radar installed in East China

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Coastal Jiangsu Province has installed China's first C-band phased array meteorological radar system, designed to quickly detect and monitor extreme weather including tornados, developers said on Wednesday.

The new type of full digital radar device is able to collect data on the location, intensity and speed of meteorological objects including clouds and rain, and provide real-time monitoring and early warning of potentially dangerous weather, the Beijing Institute of Radio Measurement affiliated with the state arms giant China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, said in a statement sent to the Global Times. 

The meteorological radar project team was tasked with building a nationwide monitoring and early warning system for disasters such as storms and tornados. 

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