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by radicaldreamer 1275 days ago
Doppler weather radar shows interference from 5 Ghz networks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_frequency_selection), but is not used in chunks of the US (don’t even exist on the west coast), but is critical in places with lots of rain storms (south, northeast, midwest).
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What's your source for areas of the U.S. without doppler? It looks like NEXRAD dopplers are "everywhere" in the U.S.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEXRAD

It's not for NEXRAD. The frequencies in question are used for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR), which is a special radar used for detecting windshear and higher resolution precipitation data at select airports.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_Doppler_Weather_Radar