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   Radar, originally developed to detect airborne targets such as aircraft and weather, is also a powerful tool for detecting density, location and direction and speed of movement of biological targets such as birds, insects and bats. This tutorial discusses the following topics: how NEXRAD WSR-88D radar works and how to interpret radar imagery; the appearance of non-biological phenomena; the appearance of biological phenomena; examples of bird migration; and related topics and radar ornithology bibliography.

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