Session: Polarimetric Applications I (33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology (6

Thursday, 9 August 2007: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Hall A (Cairns Convention Center)

Host: 33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair:

Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., Dept of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX

Papers:

10:30 AM

10.1

Keynote: Polarimetric upgrade of the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) network

Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

11:00 AM

10.2

Product development and evaluation for the dual-pol WSR-88D radar

Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, Norman, OK; and D. W. Burgess, M. J. Istok, K. L. Manross, R. Murnan, and P. T. Schlatter

Presentation PDF (737.6 kB)

11:15 AM

10.3

Comparison of polarimetric algorithms for hydrometeor classification at S and C bands

Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, P. Zhang, J. Krause, H. S. Park, D. Hudak, J. Young, J. L. Alford, M. Knight, and J. W. Conway

Presentation PDF (855.5 kB)

11:30 AM

10.4

Can operational polarization radars provide improved rainfall rates with error estimates?

Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and C. R. Williams and R. J. Thompson

11:45 AM

10.5

Quantitative precipitation estimations from operational polarimetric radars for hydrological applications

Marie-Laure Segond, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent-du-Châtelet

Presentation PDF (594.1 kB)

12:00 PM

10.6