<s>
The	O
Rapid	O
X-band	B-Algorithm
Polarimetric	O
Radar	O
,	O
commonly	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
,	O
is	O
a	O
mobile	O
research	O
radar	O
designed	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Oklahoma	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Howard	O
Bluestein	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
often	O
collaborates	O
with	O
adjacent	O
mobile	O
radar	O
projects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Doppler	B-Algorithm
on	I-Algorithm
Wheels	I-Algorithm
and	O
SMART-R	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
its	O
counterparts	O
,	O
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
typically	O
places	O
emphasis	O
on	O
temporal	O
resolution	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
surveilling	O
the	O
entire	O
local	O
atmosphere	O
in	O
three	O
dimensions	O
in	O
as	O
little	O
as	O
20	O
seconds	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
single	O
level	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
3	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
pursuit	O
of	O
better	O
resolution	O
in	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
NEXRAD	B-Algorithm
network	O
deploys	O
several	O
time-saving	O
measures	O
to	O
accelerate	O
data	O
rates	O
in	O
these	O
three	O
dimensions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
M.R.L.E.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
MESO-SAILS	B-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
bringing	O
scan	O
time	O
down	O
from	O
5	O
–	O
7	O
minutes	O
to	O
2	O
–	O
3	O
minutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Oklahoma	O
's	O
Advanced	O
Radar	O
Research	O
Center	O
began	O
development	O
of	O
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
rapid	O
deployment	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
early	O
2011	O
,	O
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
was	O
being	O
deployed	O
in	O
field	O
campaigns	O
across	O
Tornado	O
Alley	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
taken	O
part	O
in	O
numerous	O
NSF	O
funded	O
research	O
projects	O
and	O
organizations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PECAN	O
,	O
TORUS	O
,	O
and	O
IMPACTS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
has	O
documented	O
numerous	O
hazardous	O
weather	O
events	O
throughout	O
its	O
deployment	O
history	O
,	O
among	O
them	O
being	O
several	O
dozen	O
particularly	O
intense	O
tornadoes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
24	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
observed	O
an	O
extremely	O
violent	O
EF-5	O
tornado	O
near	O
El	O
Reno	O
,	O
Oklahoma	O
at	O
very	O
high	O
temporal	O
resolution	O
,	O
measuring	O
doppler	O
velocities	O
in	O
excess	O
of	O
250mph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
observed	O
the	O
widest	O
tornado	O
in	O
recorded	O
history	O
(	O
2.6	O
miles	O
wide	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
near	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
El	O
Reno	O
,	O
retrieving	O
among	O
the	O
highest	O
doppler	O
velocities	O
ever	O
recorded	O
at	O
295mph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
gathered	O
from	O
RaXPol	B-Algorithm
also	O
indicates	O
that	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
tornadoes	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
a	O
top-down	O
process	O
as	O
was	O
once	O
thought	O
.	O
</s>
