Session: Nowcasting I (33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology (6

Monday, 6 August 2007: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Halls C & D (Cairns Convention Center)

Host: 33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Papers:

P5.1

A new multi-scale meso-vortex/divergence detection algorithm with modified Rankine combined vortex

Osamu Suzuki, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and H. Yamauchi, M. Nakazato, and K. Akaeda

P5.2

Doppler radar for adverse weather surveillance and warnings in Botswana

Sacrasta Nchengwa, Department of Meteorological Services, Gaborone, Botswana; and D. Thebeetsile, J. Selato, D. B. Michelson, and D. E. Terblanche

P5.3

Three Body Scatter Signature producing uncertainties on Doppler radial velocity structures

Aurora Stan-Sion, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania; and B. Antonescu and D. V. Carbunaru

Handout (835.7 kB)

P5.4

An automated thunderstorm alert service for airport operations

Rodney J. Potts, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Bally and T. Williams

Handout (220.8 kB)

P5.5

Initialization of midlatitude convective storms by assimilation of single Doppler radar observations

Kao-Shen Chung, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki, M. K. Yau, and L. Fillion

Handout (282.4 kB)

P5.6

An XML format for nowcast data

Elizabeth Ebert, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and S. Dance, D. Scurrah, R. J. Potts, and E. Dozortseva

Handout (41.1 kB)

P5.7

Spring 2007 national weather radar testbed demonstration

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. L. Priegnitz and D. L. Andra Jr.

Handout (458.6 kB)

P5.8

Applications of radar and lightning information for severe weather forecast and protection in the south of Brazil

Cesar A. Beneti, SIMEPAR / Parana Meteorological System, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; and M. Jusevicius, L. Calvetti, and R. B. Gin

P5.9

Using radar data quality in computing composites and nowcasting products

Markus Peura, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Koistinen

Handout (1.8 MB)

P5.10

Impact of RNDSUP Doppler radars on forecast operations in Adelaide and Brisbane

J. A. Dickins, BMRC, Kent Town, SA, Australia; and A. M. Wedd

Handout (1.2 MB)

P5.11

Tackling the challenge of nowcasting elevated convection

Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts, D. Megenhardt, E. Nelson, and M. Steiner

Handout (1.9 MB)

P5.12

Improved precipitation forecast by correcting phase and intensity errors of a meso-scale numerical model

GyuWon Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Xu and J. W. Wilson

Handout (468.4 kB)

P5.13

Tracking and nowcasting of convective cells using remote sensing data from radar and satellite

Kirstin Kober, DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany; and A. Tafferner and M. Pfeifer

Handout (362.7 kB)

P5.14

Orographic forcing and Doppler winds, the key for nowcasting heavy precipitation in the Alps

Luca Panziera, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and U. Germann and K. Friedrich

P5.15

Microburst events observed with the National Weather Radar Testbed phased array radar

Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and D. Priegnitz

P5.16

Documentation of convective activity in the north-eastern Italian region of Veneto

Andrea Rossa, Meteorological Centre of Teolo, Teolo, Italy; and A. D. Fontana, M. Calza, J. W. Conway, R. Millini, and G. Formentini

Handout (604.6 kB)

P5.17

A novel approach of tornado detection using a machine intelligence system based on shear and spectral signatures

Yadong Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, M. Yeary, A. Shapiro, S. Nemati, M. P. Foster, D. L. Andra Jr., and M. Jain

Handout (326.4 kB)

P5.18

Storm Characterization and Short Term Forecasting Potential Using a Phase Array Radar

James Pinto, NCAR / RAL, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Kessinger, B. Hendrickson, D. Megenhardt, P. Harasti, Q. Xu, P. Zhang, Q. Zhao, M. Frost, J. Cook, and S. Potts

Handout (119.0 kB)

P5.19

The four large hail assessment techniques in severe thunderstorm warning operations in Australia

Harald Richter, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and R. B. Deslandes

Handout (621.7 kB)

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