Coverage of China New Generation Weather Radar Network

Figure 4

The computing method of radar effective coverage using all elevation tilts with considering terrain blockage. The radar is supposed to locate at original point (0, 0). The shadowed area denotes a mountain which blocks radar beams. The black bold lines are the adopted beams from the radar, and the dash lines represent different distances (e.g., 20 km, 35 km, and 50 km) from radar site.