Abstract: In this paper, a simple objective method for recognizing and correcting the effects of the radar bright band in weather radar images is presented. The method is based upon the finding that area-average rainfall rate can ...

Abstract: The relationship between precipitation and infrared and visible satellite data is investigated in the vicinity of the United Kingdom. The investigation uses histograms of Meteosat data, built up from many half-hourly fields, ...

Abstract: The European Union COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology) action on advanced weather radar systems is described. The associated five-year research project, which began in early 1993, has the objective to develop ...

Abstract: Analysis of radial wind velocity data from the Salford pulsed Doppler infrared lidar is used to calculate turbulent spectral statistics over the city of Salford in the United Kingdom. The results presented here, first, ...

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the quantitative forecasting of hourly rainfall for the period 0?6 h ahead using linear extrapolation techniques. It deals with results obtained as part of the Meteorological Office Short Period ...

Abstract: Statistical and case study?oriented comparisons of the quantitative precipitation nowcasting (QPN) schemes demonstrated during the first World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) Forecast Demonstration Project (FDP), held ...

Abstract: The first World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) Forecast Demonstration Project (FDP), with a focus on nowcasting, was conducted in Sydney, Australia, from 4 September to 21 November 2000 during a period associated with ...