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How can a weather radar detect windshear and microbursts ?

Iv always wondered how can an aircraft do that , and input the signal to the EGPWS to get it to alert for windshear , i checked my school notes but nothing is mentioned about it in my notes alas .
i checked through google and i found something that mentions that a weather radar can do that using the doppler effect , but not much information on the thing and i didnt get a satisfactory answer for my question.
So i'd like to get a fully explained technical answer to satisify my question .
Thanks in advance
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