Poster Session 14 Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrological Applications

Thursday, 8 October 2009: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)
Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Papers:
P14.1
Dynamical Weather Radar Beam Blockage Correction
Yaping Zhang, Chongqing Meteorological Observatory, Chongqing, China

P14.2
Application and analysis of the radar precipitation estimation over the South Korea
Mi-Kyung Suk, National Institute of Meteorological Research/KMA, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. H. Kim, K. Y. Nam, and K. H. Chang

Handout (1.1 MB)

P14.3
Anticipating urban flash flooding using basin upstream rainfall (BUR) and Google Earth
Thomas A. Green Jr., NOAA/NWSFO, Moon Township, PA; and R. S. Davis and C. S. Strager

Handout (463.6 kB)

P14.4
Evaluation of Radar Precipitation Estimates from NMQ and WSR-88D Digital Precipitation Array Products: Preliminary Results
Wanru Wu, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. H. Kitzmiller

Handout (218.7 kB)

P14.5
A real-time algorithm for the correction of bright band effects in radar QPE
Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and Y. Qi

Handout (576.8 kB)

P14.6
Characterizing the seasonal variability of the diurnal cycle of precipitation over the continental United States from radar reflectivity mosaics
Madalina Surcel, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and M. Berenguer and I. Zawadzki

Handout (2.0 MB)

P14.7
Measurement of radome attenuation at X-band
Renzo Bechini, ARPA Piemonte, Torino, Italy; and R. Cremonini and V. Chandrasekar

P14.8
Evaluation of the new French operational radar product for urban hydrology
Isabelle Emmanuel, Division Eau et Environnement, Bouguenais, France; and P. Tabary and H. Andrieu

Handout (192.9 kB)

P14.9
Rainfall spatial variability observed by X-band weather radar and its implication for the accuracy of rainfall estimates
Emmanuel Moreau, NOVIMET, Velizy, France; and J. Testud and E. Le Bouar

Handout (288.7 kB)

P14.10
Impact of wind turbines on the quality of operational weather radar products
Günther Haase, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden

P14.11
Weather radar observations at high altitude—first experiences with the weather radar located on Valluga mountain (2809 m) in the midst of the Alps
Andreas Schaffhauser, ZAMG, Innsbruck, Austria

P14.12
On the quality of merged radar-raingauge QPE: Effects due to radar calibration errors, network density, and temporal accumulation
Carlos A. Velasco-Forero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres and G. Pegram

P14.13
A new snow-level detection radar
Paul E. Johnston, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Carter, J. R. Jordan, and A. B. White

Handout (495.9 kB)

P14.14
The Use of Emission and Differential Phase Shift to Correct for Attenuation at C-band
Robert J. Thompson, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth, E. Kyte, and F. Fabry

P14.15
Parameterisation of the raindrop size distribution using quality controlled polarimetric Doppler weather radar measurements at C-band
Patrick Tracksdorf, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; and M. Hagen and M. Chandra

P14.16
Identification of dry and rainy periods using telecommunication microwave links
Marc Schleiss, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and A. Berne

Handout (108.1 kB)

P14.17
Uncertainties in simulated Z-S relationships due to ice particle model and particle size distribution variations with application to active spaceborne remote sensing of snowfall
Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz and M. J. Hiley

P14.18
Hydrologic Performance of Rainfall Estimates from Polarimetric Radar
Jonathan J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and Z. L. Flamig, Y. Hong, T. J. Schuur, S. Giangrande, and J. A. Vrugt

P14.19
Global Snowfall Measurement with the CloudSat Space-borne Radar
Michael J. Hiley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie and R. Bennartz

P14.20
Diurnal cycle of rain rate and rain coverage at TRMM ground validation sites
Jason L. Pippitt, NASA/GSFC/SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff and D. A. Marks

Handout (489.1 kB)

P14.21
The NEXRAD Rainfall Estimation Processing System: A radar tool to improve rainfall estimation across the Tennessee River Valley
Patrick N. Gatlin, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, and S. R. Jacks

Handout (1.3 MB)

P14.22
Rain heterogeneity studies and specific Z-R relationships determination with x-band and k-band radars to improve rain rate retrieval over an urban basin
Joël Van Baelen, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Aubière, France; and F. Tridon and Y. Pointin

Handout (484.1 kB)

P14.23
Classification of cloud types using VPR (Vertical Profile of Reflectivity) in Korea
Min Jang, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and D. I. Lee, C. You, S. M. Jang, J. Y. Gu, H. Uyeda, and F. Kobayashi

P14.24
Network of Polarimetric X-band Radars: Optimizing Performance through Computer Simulations
Piotr Domaszczynski, NASA, Wallops Island, VA; and W. F. Krajewski

P14.25
Extensive validation of a regularized neural-network technique for S-band polarimetric radar rainfall estimation
Gianfranco Vulpiani, Dipartimento di Protezione Civile, Roma, Italy; and S. Giangrande and F. S. Marzano

Handout (243.1 kB)

P14.26
An adaptive methodology to enhance infrared satellite precipitation estimates using radar observations
Majid Mahrooghy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and V. G. Anantharaj, N. H. Younan, W. A. Petersen, and F. J. Turk

Handout (1.2 MB)

P14.27
Inverse Problem of parameters identification: Radar Weather Equation
Jaqueline Nubia Queiroz, Federal Universtiy of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and R. D. S. Paz Sr., Z. E. Da Silva Sr., D. D. A. Paz, L. G. Tertuliano, and J. C. Figueiredo

Handout (235.3 kB)

P14.28
Validation of NEXRAD DSP product with high accuracy rain gauges network
Newfel Mazari Sr., University of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and H. Xie Sr., X. Wang, J. W. Zeitler, and H. Sharif

P14.29
Representing radar validity for Canadian weather radars
Norman Donaldson, EC, King City, ON, Canada

Handout (207.6 kB)

P14.31
Examination of sub-pixel accumulation variability in central Nebraska
Michael L. Larsen, University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE; and A. Clark, M. Noffke, G. Saltzgaber, and A. Steele

P14.30
Overcoming discontinuity in retrieved rainfall profiles by approximating reflectivity profiles with polynomials
Kwo-Sen Kuo, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland; and A. Tokay, E. A. Smith, L. Liao, and R. Meneghini

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