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Ground-Based Remote
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Ground-Based Remote
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Below are checklists of the following types of ground-based remote sensing instuments used in meteorology on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weather Radar1 | ||||
| Afghanistan | 1358 (Mi1642) | 1989 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Afghanistan | 1360 (Mi1644) | Weather radar antenna (feedhorn missing) | ||
| Austria | 1857 (Mi2358) | 2001 | Weather radar (or satellite receiving)9 antenna | |
| Austria | 1857 fdc | Stamp and cancel on FDC | ||
| Bahamas | 347 (Mi355) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Bahamas | 635c (Mi?) | One of strip of 5 (635 (a-e)) | 1987 | Radome4 on tower |
| Bahamas | 732 (Mi760) | 1991 | PPI5 weather radar image of Hurricane Hugo | |
| Bangladesh | 606 (Mi723) | 2000 | Radome4, symbolic weather radar display (PPI) with distance rings5 (inset) | |
| Barbados | 303 (Mi271) | 1968 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Belgium | 836 (Mi1714) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna on top of building; also helical APT7 antenna | |
| Belgium | 836 sc1 | Souvenir Card | ||
| Belgium | 836 sc2 | Souvenir Card (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Belize | 813a (Mi876) | One of strip of 3 (813 (a-c)), or three of MS9 (813d (3x (813 (a-c)))) | 1986 | Weather radar antenna |
| Belize | 971 (Mi1070) | 1991 | Weather radar console | |
| Belize | 972 (Mi1071) | Weather radar antenna (exposed); also weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome | ||
| Canada | 479 (Mi420) | 1968 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Canada | 479 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Canada | 479 sc | Souvenir Card | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C18 (Mi56) | 1964 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Central Africa Republic | C18 proof1 | Die proof (red) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C18 proof2 | Die proof (black) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 (Mi326) | 1973 | Weather radar (or weather balloon tracking)9 antenna | |
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof1 | Die proof (blue) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof2 | Die proof (black) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof-strip | Color proof strip | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 1385 (Mi?) | 1978 | Weather radar station | |
| China (People's Republic) | 1384-1388 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | Cachet on cover | Unknown | Radome4 on tower/building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2003 | Weather radar (or satellite receiving)9 antenna |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2004 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2004 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different), also front | 2005 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Radome4 on tower/building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2007 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card, also front | 2007 | Radome4 on tower |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2009 | Radome4 on building |
| China (Taiwan) | 1512 (Mi623) | 1967 | Radome4 on building | |
| China (Taiwan) | 2222 (Mi1374) | 1981 | Radome4 on tower | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 559-560 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1966 | Weather radar antenna on top of building |
| Cuba | 1592 (Mi1666) | 1971 | Weather radar display of hurricane with eye (PPI)5 | |
| Cuba | 1589-1592 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Dominica | 357 (Mi357) | 1973 | Weather radar display of hurricane with eye (PPI)5 | |
| Dominica | 354-360 fdc | One of seven stamps on FDC | ||
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 2008? | Adour-Momuy weather radar station with radome |
| Ghana | 506 (Mi523) | 1973 | Weather radar display of hurricane with eye8 (PPI)5 | |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 220 (Mi215) | 1973 | Wind-finding (weather balloon tracking) radar | |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 218-221 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Greece | None | Cancel on cover | 1975 | Weather radar antenna |
| Greece | None | Cachet on cover | 1981 | Weather radar antenna |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 453 (Mi436) | 1988 | Radome4, PPI5 radar image | |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 452-453 fdc | One of two stamps and cancel on FDC | Radome4, PPI5 radar image; weather radar antenna (on cancel) | |
| Grenada | 492 (Mi518) | 1973 | Weather radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 889 (Mi1119) | 1990 | PPI5 radar image | |
| Iran | 2506 (Mi2470) | 1992 | Weather radar antenna on a trailer | |
| Iraq | 644 (Mi716) | 1972 | Radome4 | |
| Iraq | 645 (Mi717) | |||
| Jamaica | 746 (Mi760) | 1991 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Jamaica | 747 (Mi761) | |||
| Japan | 833 (Mi?) | 1965 | Mt. Fuji meteor. radar station, radome4 | |
| Japan | 833 fdc1 | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc2 | Stamp and cancel and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc3 | Stamp and cancel and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc4 | Stamp and cancel and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Korea (North) | 3730 (Mi?) | Two of MS4 (2x 3730+2x 3731) | 1998 | Radome4 on building |
| Libya | 817 (Mi724) | 1979 | Radome4 on tower, radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Libya | 818 (Mi725) | |||
| Libya | 819 (Mi726) | |||
| Libya | 817-819 fdc | Three stamps on FDC | ||
| Malagasy Republic | C116 (Mi696) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Montserrat | 865a+gutter (Mi?) | On gutter of gutter pair; part of 865 (a-b + 2 gutters) | 1995 | Radar use in weather forecasting (in text) |
| Mozambique | 1104 (Mi1186) | 1989 | Weather radar display (RHI)6 | |
| Mozambique | 1106 (Mi1188) | Weather radar computer display | ||
| Mozambique | 1103-1106 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | Weather radar display (RHI)6, weather radar computer display | |
| Norfolk Island | 840 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 2005 | Radome4 on building |
| Pakistan | 338 (Mi341) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Philippines | 922 (Mi771) | 1965 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Philippines | 922 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 923 (Mi772) | |||
| Philippines | 924 (Mi773) | |||
| Philippines | 922-924 fdc | Three stamps on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 1069 (Mi?) | 922 overprinted | 1970 | Weather radar antenna |
| Qatar | 350 (Mi564) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Senegal | 1441 (Mi1952) i1441 | 2000 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Senegal | 1441 deluxe-proof | Deluxe proof | ||
| Spain | None | Aerogramme | 1999 | Radome4 on tower |
| Turkey | 2331 fdc (Mi2730 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1985 | Radar antenna on building |
| United Nations | 188 (Mi204) | Block of 4 (4x 188) | 1968 | Weather radar antenna |
| United Nations | 188 fdc1 | Four stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc1 | Two stamps on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc2 | Two stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc3 | Two stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| United Nations | 189 (Mi205) | Block of 4 (4x 189) | ||
| United Nations | 189 fdc1 | Four stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 189 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Viet Nam | 2338 (Mi2413) | 1992 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Viet Nam | 2338-2339 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Non-Weather Radar | ||||
| Denmark | 1099 (Mi1187) | One of pair (1099a (1098-1099)) | 1998 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI), Copenhagen harbor entrance5 |
| Denmark | 1099a fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Denmark | 1099b | MS2 (1098-1099) (Mi1186-1187) | ||
| Great Britain | 518 (Mi?) | 1967 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Great Britain | 518 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Great Britain | 1107-1110 fdc | Cancel on FDC | 1985 | Ship-borne radar display (PPI)5 |
| Great Britain | 1362 (Mi?) | 1991 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 2001 | Aircraft-borne radar (in text) |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 455 (Mi438) | 1988 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 454-455 fdc | One of two stamps and cancel on FDC | 1988 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5; radar antenna (on cancel) |
| Hong Kong | 998 (Mi?) | One of MS12 (1009a (998-1009)), or one of booklet pane of 12 (1009b (998-1009)) | 2002 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 |
| Liberia | Mi2909 | One of MS17 (Mi2893-2909 + label) | 2000 | Development of radar (in left margin text), radar (on stamp) |
| Poland | 992 (Mi1245) | 1961 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Poland | 991-993 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Poland | 993a | One of MS3 (991-993) | ||
| Poland | 993a fdc | MS3 on FDC | ||
| Rwanda | 1176 (Mi1260) | 1984 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Sierra Leone | 2405h (Mi?) | One of MS8 (2405 (a-h)) | 2001 | The development of radar, 1940 |
| Solomon Islands | 269 (Mi257) | 1974 | (Non-weather) marine radar antenna, radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Lidar2 | ||||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L119a (Mi?) | One of block of 4 (L119 (a-d)) | 2002 | Davis lidar station, Antarctica |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | Cachet | 2002 | Davis lidar station, Antarctica |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | Cancel on cover | 2007 | Davis lidar station, Antarctica |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C131 (Mi327) | 1994 | Lidar station | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Triangular purple) cachet on cover | 1997 | Lidar (in text) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 232a cover | (Triangular black) cachet on cover | 1998 | Lidar (in text) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Square blue) cachet on cover | 2008 | Lidar (in text) |
| Niger | BL82 iBL82 | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 1991 | Lidar returns10 |
| Niger | BL82a | In (upper) margin of SS1, BL82 overprinted in silver | 1996 | Lidar returns10 |
| Niger | BL82b | In (upper) margin of SS1, BL82 overprinted in gold | ||
| Sodar3 | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 3067 (Mi3195) | 2000 | Sodar | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 206 (Mi334) | 1995 | Sodar station | |
| Hong Kong | 420 (Mi420) | 1983 | Sodar | |
| Other | ||||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 325 | 2003 | Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (DARN) HF antennas | |
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel.
**FDC = first day cover; SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.
1Radar = RAdio Detection And Ranging.
2Lidar = LIght Detection And Ranging.
3Sodar = SOund Detection And Ranging.
4Radome = RAdar DOME.
5PPI = Plan Position Indicator (quasi-horizontal/conical surface).
6RHI = Range Height Indicator (vertical cross section).
7APT = Automatic Picture Transmission.
8Although a hurricane eye appears to be shown, hurricanes probably never occur in Ghana in Western Africa!
9It is not clear whether these antennas are for radar, satellite downlinks, or weather balloon tracking.
10It is not clear whether these lidar returns are either ground-based time-series, or satellite-based swaths.
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