Abstract: The VAD technique is applied to unevenly spaced data obtained with two nearby Doppler weather radars in the optically clear atmosphere. Assuming that the power of higher order harmonies can be neglected, a least-squares ...

Abstract: The concept of the polarimetric scattering matrix applicable to hydrometeors is reviewed to indicate the total number of measurands that is possible from a radar system with two orthogonal linear polarizations. It is shown ...

Abstract: Doppler spectra of a tornado were collected with a radar having a large unambiguous velocity range, ±91 m s?1. Thus for the first time a presentation of nonaliased spectra was possible, showing direct measurement of radial ...

Abstract: Echoes in clear air from two types of biological scatterers mixed within the resolution volumes over a large region, observed with S-band dual polarization radar, are presented. This case occurred in the evening of 7 ...

Abstract: Effects of beamfilling nonuniformities on the differential phase and rainfall estimation that use specific differential phase are examined. Two physical models are considered: an isolated rain cell with azimuthal dimensions ...

Abstract: This paper examines some effects of drop size distribution and shape on the rainfall-rate estimates obtained from the specific differential phase. An algorithm that uses exclusively the specific differential phase is ...

Abstract: This is a version of a speech presented at the 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology. Relative advantages of polarimetry are contrasted with the advantages accrued by the introduction of radar into meteorology and by the ...

Abstract: A versatile algorithm to generate weatherlike spectra of any desired shape is described, and applications are briefly discussed.

Abstract: We have developed a procedure that detects and tracks gust fronts automatically. It does not rely on a single method but requires simultaneous operation of two related algorithms. The convergence algorithm measures radial ...