Velocity Folding

If a particle's radial velocity is outside the range of the nyquist interval, then the radial velocity will be aliased, or folded. This is called velocity folding/aliasing.

Example: if nyquist velocity is 25 m/s and the particle's radial velocity is -30 m/s, then it will fold over and the radar will interpret it as +20 m/s -->>

Folded Velocity Examples:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storm #1 - Radar Reflectivity Storm #1 - Doppler Velocities.  Where is the folded data?
   
Storm #2 - Radar reflectivity and Doppler velocities

Unfolded velocities for this storm