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If a thunderstorm were over your house right now and it produced radar reflectivity echoes of 47 dBZ over an area for 2 hours. How much rain would have fallen in that area over this timer period?

Select one:

a. 1.3 inches

b. 2.6 inches

c. 4 inches

d. 5 inches

e. Doppler radar cannot measure the total amount of rainfall. It can only measure the intensity of the rain at any given moment.

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Answer:

Option E

Step-by-step explanation:

Doppler radar measures velocity precipitation particles in a precipitating region and can not be used to calculate amount of rain( a rain gauge is the instrument used to measure amount of rain.)

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