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RISVAS Retrievals as a Source of Information for Convective Weather Forecasts: An Objective Assessment and Comparison with Other Sources of Upper-Air Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Objective experiments have been carried out to determine which moisture and stability indices as derived from the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) contain the greatest amount of predictive information with respect to ...
Effects of Retrospective Gauge-Based Readjustment of Multisensor Precipitation Estimates on Hydrologic Simulations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his paper presents methodologies for mitigating temporally inconsistent biases in National Weather Service (NWS) real-time multisensor quantitative precipitation estimates (MQPEs) through rain gauge?based readjustments, ...
Wind Profiler Observations Preceding Outbreaks of Large Hail over Northeastern Colorado
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Wind profiler, rawinsonde, and surface observations of the atmosphere over northeastern Colorado during the morning hours on 44 days were compared to the severity of subsequent thunderstorm activity. On half of thes days, ...
Evaluation of Radar Precipitation Estimates from the National Mosaic and Multisensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimation System and the WSR-88D Precipitation Processing System over the Conterminous United States
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study evaluated 24-, 6-, and 1-h radar precipitation estimated from the National Mosaic and Multisensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimation System (NMQ) and the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) ...
The WSR-88D Severe Weather Potential Algorithm
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The WSR-88D severe weather potential (SWP) algorithm is an automated procedure for the detection of severe local storms. The algorithm identifies individual thunderstorm cells within radar imagery and, for each cell, yields ...
Utility of SCaMPR Satellite versus Ground-Based Quantitative Precipitation Estimates in Operational Flood Forecasting: The Effects of TRMM Data Ingest
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study examines the utility of satellite-based quantitative precipitation estimates (QPEs) from the Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval (SCaMPR) algorithm for hydrologic prediction. In this work, two ...
The Use of Volumetric Radar Reflectivity Predictors in the Development of a Second-Generation Severe Weather Potential Algorithm
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The operational WSR-88D Severe Weather Potential (SWP) algorithm is an automated nowcasting procedure aimed at providing guidance in the detection of severe local storms. It yields a numerical index proportional to the ...
Comparative Strengths of SCaMPR Satellite QPEs with and without TRMM Ingest versus Gridded Gauge-Only Analyses
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his paper assesses the accuracy of satellite quantitative precipitation estimates (QPEs) from two versions of the Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval (SCaMPR) algorithm relative to that of gridded gauge-only ...
Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Quantitative Precipitation Estimation: Initial Operating Capabilities
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: apid advancements of computer technologies in recent years made the real-time transferring and integration of high-volume, multisource data at a centralized location a possibility. The Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) system ...
Evolving Multisensor Precipitation Estimation Methods: Their Impacts on Flow Prediction Using a Distributed Hydrologic Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study investigates evolving methodologies for radar and merged gauge?radar quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) to determine their influence on the flow predictions of a distributed hydrologic model. These methods ...