Ko te hītori o ngā whakaata kokonga i ahu mai i te tīmatanga o te rautau 20. Anei tētahi whakataki taipitopito ki te hītori o ngā whakaata kokonga tapatoru:
Rangahau tōmua:
Ko ngā rangahau tuatahi mō ngā whakaata kokonga tapatoru ka taea te whai i ngā tirohanga mai i te mara whatu i te mutunga o te rautau 19. I taua wā, ka tīmata ngā kaipūtaiao ki te ako me te whakamātautau i ngā whakaata o ngā āhua me ngā hanganga rerekē kia mārama ai ō rātou pānga ki te whakaata me te whakahurihuri o te mārama. Ko tētahi o aua hanganga he whakaata kokonga tapatoru kei roto ko ngā whakaata papatahi e toru, e mōhiotia ana ko te whakaata kokonga tapatoru.
Ngā tono radar:
Mai i te mutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1940 ki te tīmatanga o te tekau tau atu i 1950, me te whanaketanga o te hangarau radar, ka tīmata te whakamahi i ngā whakaata kokonga toru-toru i roto i ngā pūnaha radar. Nā ō rātou āhuatanga aronga me te whakaata nui, ka whakamahia ngā whakaata toru-toru hei taputapu mō te tautuhi me te kimi i te ūnga. I roto i ngā pūnaha radar, ka taea e ia te whakarei ake i te tohu whakaata o te ūnga, kia māmā ake ai te kite me te ine i te ūnga.
Te rāngai rererangi:
I roto i te ao rererangi, he whānuitia te whakamahinga o ngā whakaata kokonga toru-ira i roto i ngā pūnaha rama rererangi me ngā pūnaha whakatere. Ka taea te whakamahi hei tohu whakatere me te tohu hei āwhina i ngā pailate me ngā kaiwhakahaere rere ki te whakatau i te wāhi me te ahunga o te ūnga. Mā te tāuta i ngā whakaata toru-ira ki ngā wāhi tika, ka taea te whakarato i ngā tohu whakaata mārama hei āwhina i te whakatere me te tūnga.
Ngā tono whakawhitiwhiti kōrero:
Haunga ngā mara radar me te rererangi, he whānuitia hoki te whakamahinga o ngā whakaata kokonga toru-ira i roto i ngā pūnaha whakawhitiwhiti kōrero. I roto i ngā whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ahokore, ka taea te whakamahi i ngā whakaata kokonga toru-ira hei whakarei ake i te kapinga tohu me te tuku, me te whakapai ake i te kounga me te pumau o te tohu. He mea whakamahi noa ēnei i roto i ngā tono pēnei i te rangahau reo irirangi, ngā pūihi aronga, me ngā teihana whenua whakawhitiwhiti kōrero amiorangi.
Te whanaketanga atu:
I te whanaketanga o te hangarau hiko me te whanaketanga o ngā mahi hangarau, kua whakapaitia tonutia te hoahoa me te hanga o ngā whakaata kokonga toru-toru. Ko ngā whakaata kokonga hou e whakamahi ana i ngā tukanga hanga me ngā rauemi tino tika hei whakarite i te whakaata me te ahunga teitei. He whānuitia te whakamahinga o ēnei mea, ā, he taputapu nui i roto i ngā pūnaha radar me te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero.
Te kaupapa mahi o te whakaata kokonga tapatoru
Ko te kaupapa mahi o ngā whakaata kokonga toru-toru e ahu mai ana i te ariā o te whakaata whakamuri. Ina pā mai he ngaru hikohiko (pērā i te radar, i te ngaru reo irirangi rānei) ki tētahi whakaata, ka tukuna anō ki te pūtake me te iti o te marara. Ka tutuki tēnei mā te whakaritenga āhuahanga o ngā papa e toru, kia tika ai te whakaata i ngā ngaru taupatupatu ki ngā ahunga rerekē.
Ko te whai huatanga o te whakaata kokonga toru-toru kei roto i tōna kaha ki te pupuri i te whanaungatanga āhua rite ki te ngaru taupatupatu. Ko te tikanga o tēnei ka mau tonu te āhua taketake o te tohu whakaata, ka taea ai te kite tika me te pono e te pūnaha radar. Hei tāpiri, ka taea te hanga i te whakaata kia nui te whakanui, arā, ka taea e ia te whakaputa i tētahi tohu whakaata kaha ake i ērā atu momo ūnga radar.

