Session: Wind Profilers / Operational Needs Worldwide, Networks and End to End Forecast Systems I (33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology (6

Thursday, 9 August 2007: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Halls C & D (Cairns Convention Center)

Host: 33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Papers:

P13B.1

Vertical wind observation in the tropical upper troposphere by VHF wind profiler—A case study

Masayuki Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Horinouchi, M. Niwano, N. Nishi, H. Hashiguchi, M. Yamamoto, and S. Fukao

P13B.2

Stratosphere–Troposphere Interaction Process in Mid-latitude Spring as Revealed by Xianghe VHF Doppler Radar and Other Related Data

Daren Lu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and W. Zhang, Y. Wang, and S. Duan

P13B.3

A 449MHz modular wind profiler development study

William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Cohn, P. B. Chilson, and R. D. Palmer

Handout (645.2 kB)

P13B.4

Precipitation and Boundary Layer Studies Using UHF Radar /ISS, Disdrometer and Weather Radar in Taiwan

Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and H. C. Lai and H. H. Lin

P13B.5

Vertical structure of precipitation observed by NOAA profilers and NASA TRMM Precipitation Radar during NAME 2004

Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White, K. S. Gage, and F. M. Ralph

P13B.6

Quantitative precipitation estimation and error analysis with a UHF wind profiling radar and a two-dimensional video disdrometer

Laura M. Kanofsky, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and P. B. Chilson, T. J. Schuur, G. Zhang, Q. Cao, and E. A. Brandes

Handout (540.9 kB)

P13B.7

The effect of charged particles on the polar mesopause region, as observed by MST and meteor radars

Andrew P. Ballinger, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, R. D. Palmer, S. Kirkwood, and N. J. Mitchell

Handout (554.0 kB)

P13B.8

Australian Bureau of Meteorology wind profiler network

Alex Kariko, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and D. Lockett and R. Atkinson

Handout (48.7 kB)

P13B.9

Quality information in processing chain—generalized method of documentation based on Unit of Transformation Step (UTS)

Zdzislaw Dziewit, Institute of Meteorology and Water Mangement, Warszawa, Poland

Handout (88.0 kB)

P13B.10

Weather radar education at the University of Oklahoma: An integrated inter-disciplinary approach

Robert D. Palmer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, P. B. Chilson, M. I. Biggerstaff, M. B. Yeary, S. M. Torres, J. E. Crain, and Y. Zhang

Handout (50.5 kB)

P13B.11

TIFS developments inspired by the Beijing 2008 FDP

John Bally, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and A. J. Bannister and D. Scurrah

Handout (480.4 kB)

P13B.12

Implementation of the RNDSUP S-band Doppler radar systems for use in the Australian weather radar network

Ken Jarrott, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and C. Barnes, R. Jones, F. Cummings, L. McBean, M. Whitehead, R. Webb, T. Keenan, P. May, C. Brown, and J. Borgmann

Handout (195.8 kB)

P13B.13

Operational configuration and software evaluation of the RNDSUP Doppler radars for the Australian weather radar network

Bruce Gunn, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and R. Jones, A. Lane, P. T. May, E. Morgan, C. Barnes, and S. Beyer

Handout (1.0 MB)

P13B.14

The end-to-end severe thunderstorm forecasting system in Australia: overview and training issues

R. B. Deslandes, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and A. J. Bannister and H. Richter

Handout (1.3 MB)

P13B.15

The Australian weather radar network: current and future challenges

Agnes Lane, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and R. Atkinson and R. Stringer