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Below are checklists of Ground-based remote sensing instruments 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.
| Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Weather radar1 | Weather radar1 |
| Non-weather radar | |
| Lidar2 | Lidar2 |
| Sodar3 |
Below is a list of Ground-based remote sensing instuments used in meteorology on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| 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) | ||
| Algeria | 351 fdc (Mi451 fdc) | (Orange and grey and black printed) cachet on FDC | 1966 | Weather radar antenna |
| Austria | 1857 (Mi2358) | 2001 | Weather radar (or satellite receiving)9 antenna | |
| Austria | 1857 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Bahamas | 347 (Mi355) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Bahamas | 635c (Mi660) | One of strip of 5 (635 (a-e)) | 1987 | Radome4 on tower |
| Bahamas | 732 (Mi760) | 1991 | PPI5 "weather radar shows Hurricane Hugo 20-9-89 105 mph" | |
| Bahamas | 732-735 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Bahamas | 732-735 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (and signature) | ||
| Bahamas | 732-735 fdc3 | One of four stamps on FDC (and signature, different) | ||
| Bahamas | 732-735 fdc4 | One of four stamps on FDC (and signature, different) | ||
| Bahamas | 732-735 fdc5 | One of four stamps on FDC (and signature, different) | ||
| Bangladesh | 606 (Mi723) | 2000 | Radome4, symbolic weather radar display (PPI)5 with distance rings5 (inset) | |
| Bangladesh | 738a (Mi?) i738a | One of MS4 (738 (a-d)) One of imperforate MS4 (i738 (a-d)) | 2008 | Khepupara weather radar station |
| Bangladesh | 738 misperf1 | 738 mis-perforation | ||
| Bangladesh | 738 misperf2 | 738 mis-perforation (different) | ||
| Bangladesh | 738 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Barbados | 303 (Mi271) | 1968 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Belgium | 836 (Mi1714) i836 | Imperforate | 1973 | Weather radar antenna on Royal Meteor. Institute (RMI) building (Ukkel, Belgium); also APT antenna |
| Belgium | 836 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet, Brussels cancel) | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet (same), Sint-Katelijne-Waver cancel) | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (SonyStamp cachet) | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (PhilaGent cachet) | ||
| Belgium | 836 card | FDC card (SonyStamp) | ||
| Belgium | 836 sc1 | Souvenir card | ||
| Belgium | 836 sc2 | Souvenir card (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 sc3 | Souvenir card (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 sc4 | Souvenir card (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Belgium | 836 card | Stamp on card | 1980 | Weather radar antenna on building; also APT antenna |
| Belgium | 2655 (BL176, Mi4398-4402) | On one stamp of MS5 (2655 (a-e)) | 2013 | Radome4 on building |
| Belgium | 2655 changed | MS5 (2655 (a-e)) with changed colors (when above 25°C in strip of 4 (2655f) and also in lower-left margin); also hot-and-cold animation | ||
| Belgium | 2655a-e fdc | One of five stamps on FDC | ||
| Belize | 813a (Mi876) | One of strip of 3 (813 (a-c)) (Mi876-878), or three of MS9 (813d (3x (813 (a-c)))) | 1986 | Weather radar antenna |
| Belize | 812a-c+813a-c fdc | One of six stamps on FDC | ||
| 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 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (H&E cachet) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Cole Cover cachet) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (Rosecraft cachet) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Jackson Covers/C. Chickering cachet) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (Jackson Covers/C. Chickering and purple rubber-stamp cachet) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (Schering cachet), also back | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc8 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet, different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc9 | Stamp on FDC (Mapleaf cachet) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc10 | Stamp on FDC (blue rubber-stamp cachet) | ||
| Canada | 479 sc | Souvenir card | ||
| Central African Republic | C18 (Mi56) | 1964 | Weather radar antenna, like detail in the cachet of Libya 359 fdc | |
| Central African Republic | C18 proof1 | Signed proof (red) | ||
| Central African Republic | C18 proof2 | Signed proof (black) | ||
| Central African Republic | C18 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
| Central African Republic | C18 fdc2 | Stamp and (Éditions So.Ge.Im.) cachet on FDC | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 (Mi326A) iC115 (Mi326B) | Imperforate | 1973 | Weather radar (or weather balloon tracking)9 antenna |
| Central African Republic | C115 proof1 | Signed proof (blue) | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 proof2 | Signed proof (black) | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 proof3 | Signed proof (red) | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 proofs | Color proof strip | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (purple and black printed cachet) | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 1385 (Mi1395) | 1978 | Weather radar station | |
| China (People's Republic) | 1384-1388 fdc | One of five stamps on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-stamped) cover | ? | 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 back (different), also front | 2005 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2005 | Radome4 on tower/building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Radome4 on tower/building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | new-generation weather radar in Jianyang |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2007 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2007 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2007 | Radome4 on tower/building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 200? | Radome4 on tower/building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2008 | Radome4 for Doppler weather radar at Ganzhou City Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also front | 2009 | 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 | |
| China (Taiwan) | 2221-2222 fdc | One of two stamps and (multi-color printed and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 2221-2222 folder | One of two stamps in folder, also inside and outside (front and back) | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 (Mi2986-2995) | In (lower) margin of MS10 (3574k (a-j + 10 labels)) | 2004 | Radome4 on tower in front of Central Weather Bureau (CWB) HQ in Taipei |
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_2 (Mi2986-2995) | In (lower) margin of MS10 (3574k (a-j + 7 labels)) (different) | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_3 (Mi2986-2995) | In (lower) margin of MS10 (3574k (a-j + 5 labels)) (different) | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_2 label3+4+5 (Mi2986-2995 label3+4+5) | Label from MS10 (3574k_2 (a-j + 7 labels)) | Map with Taiwanese meteorological observing network. Red text indicates weather radar locations. | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 559-560 fdc (Mi252-253 fdc) | (Red and blue printed)achet on FDC | 1966 | Weather radar antenna on building |
| Croatia | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 2012 | Radome4 on tower |
| 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 | ||
| Dominica | 354-360 proofs1 | Proof sheet | ||
| Dominica | 354-360 proofs2 | Proof sheet (different) | ||
| France | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2008? | Adour-Momuy weather radar station with radome |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 100+111 cover (Mi174+188 cover) | (Round rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1985 | (original) weather radome4 at Dumont d'Urville base10 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Round rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1991 | (original) weather radome4 at Dumont d'Urville base10 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Round rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1992 | (original) weather radome4 at Dumont d'Urville base10 |
| Ghana | 506 (Mi523A) i506 (Mi523B) | Imperforate | 1973 | Weather radar display of hurricane with eye8 (PPI)5 |
| Ghana | i503-i506 fdc | One of four imperforate stamps and (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | (As above for stamp); early weather radar in a domed cylindrical shelter atop a tower (in cachet) | |
| 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 | (Pictorial) cancel on WMD cover | 1975 | Weather radar antenna |
| Greece | None | (Black printed) cachet on WMD cover | 1977 | Weather radar antenna |
| Greece | None | (Brown and green printed) cachet on WMD cover | 1981 | Weather radar antenna |
| Greece | None | Cachet (different) on WMD cover | 1981 | Weather radar antenna |
| Grenada | 492 (Mi518) | 1973 | Weather radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Grenada | 494+496 fdc (Mi520+522 fdc) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | Early weather radar in a domed cylindrical shelter atop a tower | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 889 (Mi1119) | 1990 | PPI5 radar image | |
| Hong Kong | 2035 (Mi2300) | One of MS10 (2037a (2028-2037)) (Mi2300-2309), also back | 2019 | Weather radar of the Hong Kong Observatory (atop Tai Mo Shan, which at 950 m is the highest peak in the Hong Kong New Territories) |
| Iran | 2506 (Mi2470) | 1992 | Weather radar antenna on a trailer | |
| Iran | 2506 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Iran Post cachet) | ||
| Iraq | 644 (Mi716) | 1972 | Radome4 | |
| Iraq | 645 (Mi717) | |||
| Jamaica | 746 (Mi760) | 1991 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Jamaica | 747 (Mi761) | |||
| Jamaica | 746-747 fdc | Two stamps and (reproductions of stamps on) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 (Mi881) | 1965 | Mt. Fuji meteor. radar station, radome4 | |
| Japan | 833 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC, also insert | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc3 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet (same) on FDC (2 cancels), also insert | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc4 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc5 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc6 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc7 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Hitoshi?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc8 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Hitoshi?, different) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc9 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc10 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Minoru Hisano/Bunkyu Stamp Bureau) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc11 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Japan Stamp Publicity Association) cachet on FDC, also back and insert | ||
| Japan | None | Phonecard, also back | 199? | Weather radar display (PPI) |
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 453 (Mi436) | 1988 | Radome4, PPI5 radar image | |
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 452-453 fdc | One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | Radome4, PPI5 radar image; weather radar antenna (on cancel) | |
| Korea (North) | 3730 (Mi4032) | Two of MS4 (2x 3730+2x 3731) | 1998 | Radome4 on building |
| Libya | 359 fdc (Mi274 fdc) | (Dark-blue and green printed) cachet on FDC, also detail | 1969 | Weather radar antenna similar to unusual weather radar antenna design of CAR C18 |
| Libya | 817 (Mi724) | 1979 | Radome4 on tower, radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Libya | 817 proof | Proof | ||
| Libya | 818 (Mi725) | |||
| Libya | 818 proof | Proof | ||
| Libya | 819 (Mi726) | |||
| Libya | 819 proof | Proof | ||
| Libya | 817-819 fdc | Three stamps on FDC | ||
| Malagasy Republic | C116 (Mi696) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Malagasy Republic | C116 fdc | Stamp and (orange and blue and black printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Malta | 1734-1736 pack | Presentation pack (1734-1736) | 2022 | Weather radar antenna on building |
| Montserrat | 865a+gutter (Mi933) | 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 | |
| New Caledonia | 523 (Mi759) i523 | Imperforate | 1985 | Weather radar antenna on building tower |
| New Caledonia | 523 proof | Photographic proof (black-and-white) | ||
| New Caledonia | 523 ds | Deluxe sheet (523) | ||
| New Caledonia | 523 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (EDILA cachet) | ||
| New Caledonia | 523 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (EDILA and blue rubber-stamp cachets) | ||
| New Caledonia | 523 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Norfolk Island | 840 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2005 | Radome4 on building |
| Pakistan | 338 (Mi341) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Pakistan | 338 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Karachi cancel) | ||
| Pakistan | 338 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Lahore cancel) | ||
| Philippines | 922 (Mi771) | 1965 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Philippines | 922 fdc1 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 922 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 923 (Mi772) | |||
| Philippines | 923 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 924 (Mi773) | |||
| Philippines | 924 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 922-924 fdc1 | Three stamps on FDC (yellow and blue printed cachet) | ||
| Philippines | 922-924 fdc2 | Three stamps on FDC (yellow and blue printed cachet, different) | ||
| Philippines | 922-924 fdc3 | Three stamps on FDC (black printed cachet) | ||
| Philippines | 922-924 fdc4 | Three stamps and (red-brown and black printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 1069 (Mi935) | 922 overprinted | 1970 | Weather radar antenna |
| Qatar | 350 (Mi564) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Romania | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1984 | Radome4 on building |
| Romania | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1994 | Radome4 on building |
| Romania | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope (different) | 1994 | Radome4 on building |
| Russia (USSR) | 4897 (Mi5028) | From MS36 (4897a (36x 4897)) | 1981 | (possible) weather radar antenna on building |
| Russia (USSR) | 4897 fdc | Stamp and (Soviet Ministry of Postal Services and Telecommunications) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1987 | Radome4 on building |
| Rwanda | 1045 (Mi1129) i1045 | Imperforate | 1981 | Weather radar display (PPI)5 |
| Senegal | 1441 (Mi1952) i1441 | Imperforate | 2000 | Weather radar antenna |
| Senegal | 1441 ds | Deluxe sheet (1441) | ||
| Spain | None | Aerogramme | 1999 | Radome4 on tower |
| Thailand | Unknown (Mi?) | From MS4 (4x single), or from MS10 (10x single) | 2022 | (apparent) weather radar tower (but no clear radar antenna or radome) next to Meteor. Dept. building, which is not a practical location for a radar; weather radar display (PPI)5 (in pictorial cancel); also possible weather radar returns, in green, yellow, and orange tones (in the MS4 margin) |
| Thailand | Unknown fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Togo | 852+C204 fdc (Mi997-998 fdc) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | 1973 | Early weather radar in a domed cylindrical shelter atop a tower |
| Tunisia | 620 (Mi824) | 1973 | Weather radar antenna on National Meteorological Institute headquarters building in Tunis | |
| Turkey | 2331 fdc (Mi2730 fdc) | (Turkish Post) cachet on FDC | 1985 | Weather radar antenna on building |
| Turkey | 3646 (Mi4485) | 2019 | Radome4 (in background at left, atop a hidden tower or building) | |
| Turkey | 3646 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 49 fdc (Mi55 fdc) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | 1957 | Early weather radar in a domed cylindrical shelter atop a tower |
| United Nations | 49-50 fdc (Mi55-56 fdc) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188 (Mi204) | 1968 | Weather radar antenna | |
| United Nations | 188 fdc1 | Four stamps and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Schering cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (Cover Craft Cachets cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet, 2-line cancel) | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet, 3-line cancel) | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc7 | Stamp and (Chickering/Cachet Craft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc1 | Two stamps on FDC (Édition des Nations Unies, Genève cachet), also back | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc2 | Two stamps on FDC (Édition des Nations Unies, Genève cachet, and signature), also back | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc3 | Two stamps on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc4 | Two stamps on FDC (ArtCraft cachet, different) | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc5 | Two stamps on FDC (Artopages cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc6 | Two stamps on FDC (Cover Craft Cachets cachet); also insert | ||
| United Nations | 189 (Mi205) | |||
| United Nations | 189 fdc1 | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 189 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 189 fdc3 | Stamp and (Chickering/Cachet Craft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 189 fdc4 | Stamp and (WFUNA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 189 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 folder | Two stamps on back of FDOI ceremony folder, also front and inside | ||
| United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2010 | radar display (PPI)5 of Hurricane Donna |
| Vietnam (South) | 447 fdc (Mi525 fdc) | (Green and purple printed) cachet on FDC | 1973 | Weather radar antenna |
| Vietnam (South) | 447 folder | (Blue and black printed) cachet on FDC folder | ||
| Vietnam | 2338 (Mi2413) i2338 | Imperforate | 1992 | Weather radar antenna |
| Vietnam | 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)5, Copenhagen harbor entrance |
| Denmark | 1099a fdc | Stamp and (yellow-grey printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Denmark | 1099b (Mi1186-1187) | MS2 (1098-1099) | ||
| Great Britain | 518 (Mi470) | 1967 | (Non-weather) "radar" display (PPI)5 | |
| Great Britain | 518 fdc | Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC (London cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 518-521 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (Plymouth cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 518-521 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (Edinburgh cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 518-521 fdc3 | One of four stamps on FDC (London cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 1107-1110 fdc (Mi1031-1034 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC, also back and insert | 1985 | Ship-borne radar display (PPI)5 |
| Great Britain | 1109 fdc (Mi1033 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Great Britain | 1362 (Mi1322) | 1991 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Great Britain | 1362 fdc1 | Stamp and (Royal Signals and Radar Establishment Malvern Works) cancel and (Benham silk) cachet on FDC | ||
| Great Britain | 1362 fdc2 | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC (Edinburgh cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 1360-1363 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (Royal Mail cachet, Canterbury cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 1360-1363 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (Royal Mail cachet, Twickenham cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 1360-1363 fdc3 | One of four stamps and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC | ||
| Great Britain | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2001 | Aircraft-borne radar (in text) |
| Hong Kong | 998 (Mi1055A) | One of MS12 (1009a (998-1009)) (BL107, Mi1055A-1066A), or one of booklet pane of 12 (1009b (998-1009)) (Mi1055A-1066A) | 2002 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 |
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 455 (Mi438) | 1988 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 454-455 fdc | One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5; radar antenna (on cancel) | |
| 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 | On one of MS3 (993a (991-993)) (BL24) | ||
| 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 (Mi149) | One of block of 4 (L119 (a-d)) | 2002 | Davis Station lidar, Antarctica |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L119a maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | Cachet (design similar to cancel on 2007 item, but not dated) | 2002 | Davis Station lidar, Antarctica |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | Cancel (design similar to non-dated cachet on 2002 item) on cover | 2007 | Davis Station lidar, Antarctica |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2015 | Davis Station lidar, Antarctica |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C131 (Mi327) | 1994 | Lidar station (at Dumont d´Urville) | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C131 fdc | Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Triangular purple) cachet on cover | 1997 | "Lidar" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Pale red-violet) cachet on cover | 1997 | Lidar |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 218 cover (Mi? cover) | Cachet (same, except black) on cover | 1997 | Lidar |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 232a cover (Mi368-370 cover) | (Triangular black) cachet on cover | 1998 | "Lidar" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2008 | "Lidar, Ozone, Aerosols" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on postcard | 2008 | "Lidar, Ozone, Aerosols" |
| Niger | 843Fg (Mi1147A) i843Fg (Mi1147B) | In (upper) margin of SS1 (843F) In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (i843F) | 1991 | (incorrectly noted as "Lidar"7 satellite, in text); ERS satellite depicted |
| Niger | 843Fg o/p1 (Mi1147A o/p1) | In (upper) margin of SS1, 843Fg overprinted in silver | 1996 | (incorrectly noted as "Lidar"7 satellite, in text; ERS satellite depicted |
| Niger | 843Fg o/p2 (Mi1147A o/p2) | In (upper) margin of SS1, 843Fg 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 at Dumont d'Urville base, Antarctica | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 206 fdc1 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 206 fdc2 | Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | ||
| Hong Kong | 420 (Mi420) | 1983 | "Doppler acoustic radar system", a "modern remote sensing instrument. It measures winds within about one kilometre above the ground by sending out sound pulses and analysing the returned echoes" (in FDC insert text; the system is also depicted in the stamp) | |
| Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC, also English insert and Chinese insert | ||
| Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (Hennessy Road cancel), also English insert and Chinese insert | ||
| Turkey | Unknown (Mi?) | 2019 | Sodar (at lower left) | |
| Turkey | Unknown fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
1Radar: RAdio Detection And Ranging. (Our preferred style is to capitalize only the first letter.)
2Lidar: LIght Detection And Ranging. (Our preferred style is to capitalize only the first letter.)
3Sodar: SOund Detection And Ranging. (Our preferred style is to capitalize only the first letter.)
4Radome: RAdar DOME. (Our preferred style is to capitalize only the first letter.)
5PPI: Plan Position Indicator (quasi-horizontal/conical surface).
6RHI: Range Height Indicator (vertical cross section).
7The ERS satellites did not carry a lidar instrument, and the stamp incorrectly refers to a "lidar satellite". The graphic above the satellite probably shows lidar returns (vertical axis) versus time (horizontal axis) obtained from a ground-based lidar instrument.
8Although a hurricane eye appears to be depicted, 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.
10The original weather radar at the Dumont d'Urville base was built in 1967. Here are three photos that show it during construction (photo1, photo2, photo3) and one 1967 aerial view of the central part of the base that includes the completed weather radar.
Below is a list of Ground-based remote sensing instruments used in meteorology on satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weather radar1 | ||||
| United States | 2006-04-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on CloudSat and CALIPSO launch cover | "weather radar" |
| Lidar2 | ||||
| United States | 1994-09-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | Insert from SPARTAN-201-F2 launch cover (mission patch cachet), also front | "LITE-1 (LIDAR in-space Technology Experiment) ... is a LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) system" |
| United States | 2006-04-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on CloudSat and CALIPSO launch cover | "lidar" |
1Radar: RAdio Detection And Ranging. (Our preferred style is to capitalize only the first letter.)
2Lidar: LIght Detection And Ranging. (Our preferred style is to capitalize only the first letter.)
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