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RISEstimation of Rainfall Based on the Results of Polarimetric Echo Classification
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The quality of polarimetric radar rainfall estimation is investigated for a broad range of distances from the polarimetric prototype of the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D). The results of polarimetric ...
Calibration of Dual-Polarization Radar in the Presence of Partial Beam Blockage
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In the presence of partial beam blockage (PBB), weather radar measurements can experience significant bias that directly compromises the accuracy of the hydrologic applications. Techniques for the calibration of the radar ...
Rainfall-Rate Estimation Using Gaussian Mixture Parameter Estimator: Training and Validation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study develops a Gaussian mixture rainfall-rate estimator (GMRE) for polarimetric radar-based rainfall-rate estimation, following a general framework based on the Gaussian mixture model and Bayes least squares estimation ...
Precipitation Estimation from the ARM Distributed Radar Network during the MC3E Campaign
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study presents radar-based precipitation estimates collected during the 2-month U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM)?NASA Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E). ...
Characterization of Vertical Velocity and Drop Size Distribution Parameters in Widespread Precipitation at ARM Facilities
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: xtended, high-resolution measurements of vertical air motion and median volume drop diameter D0 in widespread precipitation from three diverse Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) locations [Lamont, Oklahoma, ...
Automatic Designation of the Melting Layer with a Polarimetric Prototype of the WSR-88D Radar
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A new polarimetric melting layer detection algorithm (MLDA) is utilized to estimate the top (melting level) and bottom boundaries of the melting layer and is tailored for operational deployment. Melting layer designations ...
Rainfall Estimation with a Polarimetric Prototype of WSR-88D
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: As part of the Joint Polarization Experiment (JPOLE), the National Severe Storms Laboratory conducted an operational demonstration of the polarimetric utility of the Norman, Oklahoma (KOUN), Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 ...
Automated Retrievals of Precipitation Parameters Using Non-Rayleigh Scattering at 95 GHz
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Automated retrievals of vertical air motion and the drop size distribution (DSD) slope parameter from the surface to the base of the melting layer are presented using a technique for W-band (95 GHz) profiling radars. The ...
Processing Millimeter Wave Profiler Radar Spectra
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Spectral processing algorithms employed in millimeter-wave profiling radars typically obtain good signal-to-noise ratios from weakly scattering clouds by incoherently averaging many spectra. Radar operating characteristics ...
An Application of Linear Programming to Polarimetric Radar Differential Phase Processing
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ifferential phase and its range derivative KDP are of interest to several hydrological applications from weather radar systems. Despite the attractive qualities of polarimetric differential phase measurements, the usefulness ...