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The amount of Doppler shift depends on speed - the faster vehicle will show more Doppler shift.

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The changing pitch of a police cars siren as it moves by you is an example of what?

The Doppler effect


What device do police use to measure speed?

Doppler radar


What does a scene of crime officer do?

examine crime scenes to collect evidence. Although SOCOs are not police officers, they are employed by police forces and work closely with the police.


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the police were completely baffled


How does a radar gun work?

the RADAR transmitter sends out a pulse of radio wavesthe radio waves bounce off objectsthe RADAR receiver picks up the reflected pulses of radio wavesthe round trip travel time is measured electronically or displayed on a 2D screenthe travel time tells how far away the objects areMost modern RADARs use radio waves in the microwave band but HF band, VHF band, and UHF band radio wave have also been used.Older RADARs use a mechanically rotated or wobbled dish antenna, but many newer RADARs use a stationary Electronically Phased Array flat plane antenna (this type of antenna is another topic just by itself).LIDARs work the same but use light wave pulses generated by LASERs instead of radio waves.A basic summary of how radar works is that a pulse is transmitted and any return or echo is listened for. If a return is sensed, the timing between the transmission and the reception of the echo is used to determine how far away an object is. There are some other ways in which radar works as well.Radar is something that is in use all around us, although it is normally invisible. Air traffic control uses radar to track planes both on the ground and in the air, and also to guide planes in for smooth landings. Police use radar to detect the speed of passing motorists. NASA uses radar to map the Earth and other planets, to track satellites and space debris and to help with things like docking and maneuvering. The military uses it to detect the enemy and to guide weapons.Radio pulses are transmitted from the antenna, reflect back off objects, and are received again by the same antenna. The time is measured from transmission to reception and used to calculate distances to the objects. In most systems the time measurement & distance calculation are a single implicit operation done directly in the display by calibrating it in distance not time units.

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The changing pitch of a police cars siren as it moves by you is an example of what?

The Doppler effect


How can you use Doppler effect in a sentence?

Example sentence - We are learning to what the doppler effect is and how to use it.


Which effect is employed in the instrument used by the police to defect the over speeding of vehicles?

Doppler effect


Which effect is employed in instrument used by police to detect over speeding of vehicle?

Doppler effect


The changing pitch of a police cars siren as it moves by you is an example of?

Doppler effect


The changing pitch of a police's car siren as it moves by you is an example of what?

The Doppler effect


Which one of the following effect is employed in the instrument sed by the police to detect the over speeding of vehicles?

The Doppler effect.


How does the Doppler effect aid police in detecting speeding motorists?

Police speed traps using Radars rely on Doppler to tell vehicle speed.


Police radar and laser guns are an application of what?

2 different things. Police Radar uses the Doppler Effect to calculate a speed. Police Laser uses the Time/Distance effect. Look them up, too long to explain here.


Where can you find a Doppler effect?

you can find a Doppler effect when a police car passes by you, or a train, or a fire truck, or anything mobile that makes noise. one is usually more noticeable when the mobile object emits a louder noise. the Doppler effect is the apparent decrease in sound frequency. Seriously people! a 13-year-old answered this!!


Which of the the following is true of the Doppler effect?

The Doppler effect is the change in frequency or wavelength of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source. It causes a shift in frequency when the source and observer are moving towards or away from each other. This effect is commonly experienced with sound waves, such as the change in pitch of a siren as a police car passes by.


What is an explanation of the Doppler shift?

The Doppler shift is the change in frequency or wavelength of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the source of the wave. When the observer is moving towards the source, the frequency appears higher (blue shift), and when moving away, the frequency appears lower (red shift). This effect is commonly observed in everyday situations, such as the change in pitch of a siren as a police car passes by.