34th Conference on Radar Meteorology (5-9 October 2009)

Registration Open

Location: Registration / Promenade (Williamsburg Marriott)

Registration Open

Location: Registration / Promenade (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session

Welcome & Introduction

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

8:30 AM

Welcome and Conference Introduction

8:45 AM

Welcome Remarks

James G. Kennedy, Chairperson, James City County Board of Supervisors, Williamsburg, VA

Keynote Speaker Session 1

Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics I

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Alexis Berne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

9:00 AM

KS1.1

Keynote Talk: Tropical cloud properties as a function of regime

Peter T. May, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and A. Protat, S. Collis, V. Bringi, and M. Thurai

Recorded presentation

Session 2

Exhibitor Introductions

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

9:30 AM

2.1

Baron Services' New Dual-Polarization Developments for Doppler Weather Radar

B. Walker, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and R. Braswell

9:37 AM

2.2

SELEX-Gematronik Weather Radar Systems

Petra Bartasonok, SELEX Sistemi Integrati GmbH, Neuss, Germany

Recorded presentation

9:44 AM

2.3

Vaisala Technology, Products, and Service

Ken Goss, Vaisala, Woburn, MA

Recorded presentation

9:51 AM

2.4

EEC - The Worldwide Leader In Dual Polarization Technology

Chris Goode, EEC, Andover, MA

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break—Sponsored by Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC)

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session 3A

Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics I

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Alexis Berne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

10:30 AM

3A.1

Water-phase dynamics in winter snowstorms as observed by microwave profiling radiometry and vertically-pointing radar

Edwin F. Campos, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and R. Ware, P. Joe, and D. Hudak

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

3A.2

The vertical characteristics of raindrop size distributions and horizontal divergence in the stratiform regions of Hurricane Gustav

Dong-Kyun Kim, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

11:00 AM

3A.3

Cloud liquid water content and particle size retrievals using dual-wavelength radar measurements

Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

3A.4

A network of disdrometers to quantify the small scale variability of the microstructure of precipitation

Joël Jaffrain, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and A. Berne, A. Studzinski, and F. Pantillon

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

11:30 AM

3A.5

Implications of a λ - µ relationship for Z-R relationships

Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (200.3 kB)

11:45 AM

3A.6

Searching for the equilibrium raindrop size distribution: Observations and simulations

Xiaowen Li, GESTAR/Morgan State University and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. Tao, A. Tokay, and C. R. Williams

Session 3B

Nowcasting I

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Dmitri Moisseev, University of Helsinki

10:30 AM

3B.1

If Lagrange fails, Doppler steps in: A solution for nowcasting intense orographic rainfall?

U. Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and L. Panziera, A. M. Hering, and M. Gabella

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

3B.2

Nowcasting Challenges During the Beijing Olympics: Successes, Failures and Implications for Future Nowcasting Systems

James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts and J. Sun

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

3B.3A

Moist and dry layer retrievals using S-band radar

Jennifer L. Davison, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Recorded presentation

3B.3

A Radar for Nowcasting Winter Weather for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

11:30 AM

3B.4

Real-time nation-wide production of 3D wind and reflectivity fields in France: science, engineering and applications

Antoine Kergomard, Meteo France, Toulouse, France; and P. Dupuy, P. Tabary, and O. Bousquet

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

11:45 AM

3B.5

Deriving Surface Values of Refractivity from an Operational C-band Precipitation Radar Network

John Nicol, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth, K. Bartholomew, and M. Kitchen

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

3B.6

Improved precipitation nowcasting algorithm using a high-resolution NWP model and national radar mosaic

Zachary M. DuFran, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and R. L. Carpenter Jr., B. L. Shaw, G. Lee, A. Kilambi, and I. Zawadzki

Presentation PDF (812.3 kB)

Lunch Break

Poster Session 1

Nowcasting

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P1.1

Study of Nowcasting & Warning Operational System in Middle Yangtze River and its Technology

Yufa Wan, Institute of Heavy Rain, Wuhan, Hubei, China; and Z. Wang, Y. Xiao, J. Zhang, C. Wu, J. Wang, and T. Wu

P1.2

McGill Algorithm for Precipitation nowcasting by Lagrangian Extrapolation (MAPLE) applied to the South Korean radar network. Part 1: Sensitivity studies of the Variational Echo Tracking (VET) technique

Hee Choon Lee, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and A. Bellon, A. Kilambi, and I. Zawadzki

Handout (1.3 MB)

P1.5

McGill Algorithm for Precipitation nowcasting by Lagrangian Extrapolation (MAPLE) applied to the South Korean Radar Netwotk. Part 2: Real-time verification for the summer season

Hee Choon Lee, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and Y. H. Lee, J. C. Ha, D. E. Chang, A. Bellon, I. Zawadzki, and G. Lee

Handout (992.3 kB)

P1.3

Evaluation of a multiple-Doppler vortex detection and characterization technique using real radar observations

Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro and J. Gao

Handout (1.6 MB)

P1.4

Characterization of the error structure of precipitation nowcasting

Jordi Roca-Sancho, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer, I. Zawadzki, and D. Sempere-Torres

Handout (564.1 kB)

P1.6

The New Weather Radar for America's Space Program in Florida: A Temperature Profile Adaptive Scan Strategy

Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. P. Roeder, K. M. McGrath, W. A. Petersen, and W. Deierling

Handout (374.4 kB)

P1.7

Improved precipitation nowcasting: Model errors and their correction in operational NWPs at different scales

Gyuwon Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and I. Zawadzki, J. Wilson, M. Xu, A. Kilambi, and J. Pinto

P1.8

Mesoscale boundaries and thunderstorm initiation during SoWMEX/TiMREX

Rong-Guang Hsiu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and B. J. D. Jou and W. C. Lee

P1.9

Impact of improved radar detection capability in clear air observations

Maria Andrea Lima, Meteorogical Research Institute, Bauru, SP, Brazil; and R. V. Calheiros

Handout (299.1 kB)

P1.10

Storm Cell Identification and Tracking (SCIT) applications in the North-eastern Italian Region Veneto

Andrea Rossa, Meteorological Centre of Teolo, Teolo, Italy; and A. Dalla Fontana, M. Calza, and M. Monai

P1.11

Assessing the benefits of dual-polarimetric radar information for lightning potential nowcasting

Wiebke Deierling, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, L. Carey, and C. Kessinger

Poster Session 2

Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P2.1

Radar based simultaneous estimates of cloud and rainfall parameters

Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO

P2.2

Maximum likelihood estimation from a left-truncated distribution

Roger W. Johnson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. Kliche and P. L. Smith

Handout (460.8 kB)

P2.3

Evaluation of Weather Modification by Aircraft in Guangxi by the Use of CINRAD

P2.4

Investigation of microphysical processes occurring in convection during NAME

Angela K. Rowe, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

P2.3 has been withdrawn

P2.5

Evaluation of Weather Modification by Aircraft by the Use of CINRAD

Ruibo Zhang, Weather Modification Office of Guangxi, Nanning, Guangxi, China; and X. Zhong and C. Yao

Handout (550.5 kB)

P2.6

Application of Zphi® algorithm on AMMA radar data: description of west african squall lines

Samuel Jolivet, LATMOS, Vélizy, France; and D. Aurelien, V. Nicolas, and E. Le Bouar

Handout (1.6 MB)

P2.7

Attenuation of radar signal in melting hail at C band

Lesya Borowska, Meteorological Institute at the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and A. V. Ryzhkov, D. S. Zrnic, P. Zhang, D. Hudak, P. Neilley, M. Knight, R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, A. Battaglia, and C. Simmer

Handout (344.6 kB)

P2.8

Total scan: a full volume scanning strategy

Dominik Jacques, EC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and I. Zawadzki

Handout (1.0 MB)

P2.9

Snowflake distribution characteristics from HVSD measurements

Wanda Szyrmer, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. Jung and I. Zawadzki

Handout (2.6 MB)

P2.10

Three body scattering and hail size

Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, V. Melnikov, and J. Andric

P2.11

The impact of evaporation on polarimetric characteristics of rain: theoretical model and practical implications

Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and A. V. Ryzhkov

Handout (805.7 kB)

P2.12

Polarimetric observations of precipitating and non-precipitating clouds

Jelena Andric, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic and V. Melnikov

Handout (1.0 MB)

P2.13

The variability of the microphysical and radiative properties of tropical ice clouds from CloudSat-CALIPSO and ground-based ARM radar-lidar observations

Alain Protat, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Australia; and J. Delanoë, P. T. May, and E. O'Connor

P2.14

Comparison of space and ground-based radar reflectivity and derived rainfall

Nick Guy, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. A. Rutledge, R. Cifelli, and T. Lang

P2.15

Spatial structure and time evolution of rain drop size distributions revealed from disdrometer and polarimetric radar observations

Petar Bukovcic, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and G. Zhang

Handout (1.0 MB)

P2.16

Drop-Size Distribution Studies in N. Alabama as Applied to Simulated and Observed C-Band Dual-polarimetric Radar Measurements

Walter A. Petersen, NASA/Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA; and L. D. Carey and M. Thurai

P2.17

A precipitation profiler simulator

Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Handout (97.7 kB)

P2.18

Using TRMM to resolve tropical convection for lightning climatology

Anita LeRoy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and D. J. Cecil

P2.19

Some precipitation characteristics of an autumn torrential rainfall event in northern Taiwan as determined from dual-polarization radar data

Ya-Chien Feng, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taiwan; and T. C. C. Wang and B. T. Ji

P2.20

Classification of precipitation types during transitional winter weather using the RUC model and polarimetric radar retrievals

Hyang-Suk Park, Korea Meteorological Administration, Jeju-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and A. V. Ryzhkov, H. D. Reeves, and T. J. Schuur

Handout (2.2 MB)

P2.21

Precipitation and cloud microphysics evaluation for a landfalling winter storm using a mesoscale model

Mei Han, GESTAR/Morgan State University, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun

P2.22

Extended retrievals of precipitation parameters in Niamey, Niger from a 95-GHz Doppler radar

Scott Giangrande, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. Luke, M. A. Miller, and P. Kollias

P2.23

Toward decoding the morphology of millimeter wavelength Doppler radar spectra

Edward Luke, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and P. Kollias

P2.24

The characteristics of raindrop size distribution and optimal moment estimator

Min Jang, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and D. Lee, C. You, G. J. Seo, S. H. Park, G. O. Lee, and H. Uyeda

P2.25

A framework for the statistical analysis of large radar and lightning datasets

Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Anderson and S. Rutledge

P2.26

Evaluation of networked based attenuation correction in CASA IP1 testbed

S. Lim, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (409.7 kB)

P2.27

Orographic Precipitation Enhancement by Boundary-layer Turbulence: a Vertically Pointing Airborne Cloud Radar View

Qun Miao, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts

P2.28

Climatological drop-size distributions and Z-R relations in Southeast Texas

Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and K. Brugman and L. Hopper

P2.29

A Study of Comparison of Reflectivity Using WSR-88D and Disdrometers

Aaron C. Ferrel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Tokay, C. Schumacher, L. D. Carey, D. B. Wolff, and D. A. Marks

P2.30

Is there a weekly cycle of warm season precipitation?

J. D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and D. W. Nychka

Handout (1.8 MB)

Poster Session 3

Observations of Clouds and Radiation

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P3.1

Extending the capabilities of the polarimetric WSR-88D: observations of cirrus clouds and moist layers

Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson and D. B. Mechem

Handout (1.1 MB)

P3.2

Diurnal variations in turbulence and mass-transports in continental boundary layer stratocumulus clouds from mm-wavelength radar observations

Virendra P. Ghate, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht and P. Kollias

P3.3

Browsing a wealth of millimeter-wavelength Doppler spectra data

Karen L. Johnson, BNL, Upton, NY; and E. P. Luke, P. Kollias, J. Remillard, K. B. Widener, and M. P. Jensen

Poster Session 4

Wind Profilers / Operational Needs

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P4.1

Impacts of the Automated Volume Scan Evaluation and Termination (AVSET) on the WSR-88D Velocity-Azimuth Display (VAD) Wind Profile (VWP)

Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. N. Chrisman

Handout (2.8 MB)

P4.2

Quantitative bird migration information from operational weather radars

Adriaan Dokter, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and F. Liechti, L. Delobbe, P. Tabary, and I. Holleman

P4.3

Vertical Rain Attenuation Characteristics of Ka- and Ku-band observed by the 400-MHz Wind Profiler

Katsuhiro Nakagawa, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Kawamura, S. Sekizawa, H. Hanado, and T. Iguchi

P4.4

Automated Volume Scan Evaluation and Termination (AVSET) - A Simple Technique to Achieve Faster Volume Scan Updates

J. N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

Handout (1.5 MB)

P4.5

An advanced weather radar network for the Baltic Sea Region: BALTRAD

D. B. Michelson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and V. Filimonov, R. S. Gill, T. Kaldma, J. Lahtinen, M. Peura, M. Rasmussen, E. Smalins, and M. Szewczykowski

P4.6

UHF Wind Profilers will Support Nowcasting During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Winter Games

Norman Donaldson, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and E. F. Campos and P. Joe

P4.7

Enhanced Velocity Azimuth Display Wind Profile (EVWP) Function

J. N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. D. Smith

Handout (2.3 MB)

P4.8

Performance of a new velocity dealiasing algorithm for the WSR-88D

Arthur Witt, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and Z. Jing

Handout (673.1 kB)

P4.9

Radar Data at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center

Alan Hall, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. A. Del Greco and S. Ansari

Coffee Break

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session 4A

Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics II

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ.

4:00 PM

4A.1

Vertical structures of storm: Clues of microphysical processes and density of snow

Gyuwon Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and I. Zawadzki, A. J. Heymsfield, D. Hudak, E. Jung, P. Rodriguez, F. Fabry, A. Bansemer, and B. Sheppard

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

4A.2

CloudSat Data Processing Center—Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) data processing, products, and user applications

Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. T. Partain, S. P. Longmore, D. G. Reinke, and S. D. Miller

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (425.7 kB)

4:30 PM

4A.3

On the relationship between Z-R, the bright band intensity and Z_DR in stratiform precipitation

Marc Berenguer, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

4:45 PM

4A.4

Snow Detection and Estimation from Ku- and Ka-Band Dual-Wavelength Radar

Liang Liao, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini

Recorded presentation

4A.4

Retrieving ice precipitation using a radar snow profiling algorithm: Applications on X-band and C-band weather radar

5:15 PM

4A.5

A Study of Cirrus Ice Particle Size Distribution Using TC4 Observations

Lin Tian, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center / Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD

Presentation PDF (88.0 kB)

5:30 PM

4A.6

Polarimetric characteristics of melting hail at S and C bands

Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (873.5 kB)

Session 4B

Wind Profiler Studies

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

4:00 PM

4B.1

Multiple Doppler radar and profiler analysis of an intense wake low event

Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL ; and T. A. Coleman

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (969.7 kB)

4:15 PM

4B.2

Radar, profiler, and radiometer analysis of the effects of multiple bores/solitary waves on the stability of the NBL and associated CI

Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp and D. Phillips

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

4:30 PM

4B.3

Turbulence kinetic energy and dissipation rate estimated from a virtual wind profiler and verified through large-eddy simulations

Danny E. Scipion, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Fedorovich, R. D. Palmer, P. B. Chilson, and A. M. Botnick

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

4:45 PM

4B.4

Evaluation of a convective storm sampling strategy for the ARM profiler network

Scott Giangrande, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and B. Soderholm, M. P. Jensen, R. L. Coulter, and P. Kollias

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

4B.5

Humidity profile retrieval with the Clermont-Ferrand VHF wind profiler

Joël Van Baelen, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Aubière, France; and V. Klaus and Y. Pointin

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (299.3 kB)

5:15 PM

4B.6

A new 449 MHz wind profiler radar: evaluation of antennas, amplifiers and capabilities

B. Lindseth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, S. A. Cohn, J. R. Jordan, D. Law, and T. Hock

Recorded presentation

Icebreaker Reception—Sponsored by Gematronik GmbH

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session 5A

Spaceborne Radar I

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Walter A. Petersen, National Space Science and Technology Center

8:00 AM

5A.1

Keynote Talk: Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission

Toshio Iguchi, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Oki, K. Nakamura, S. Seto, H. Hanado, and R. Meneghini

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

5A.2

An integral equation method for dual-wavelength radar data using a “soft” constraint

Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Liao

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (569.8 kB)

8:45 AM

5A.3

Surface reference technique required for a primitive retrieval algorithm of GPM/DPR

Shinta Seto, Institute of Industrial Science, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Iguchi and T. Oki

Presentation PDF (646.5 kB)

9:00 AM

5A.4

Cloud Profiling Radar for the ACE Mission

Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. L. Durden, E. Im, G. M. Heymsfield, P. Racette, and D. O. Starr

9:15 AM

5A.5

Development Status of the EarthCARE/CPR

Kazuyuki Okada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Kimura, H. Nakatsuka, K. Sato, Y. Sakaide, and N. Takahashi

Presentation PDF (330.4 kB)

9:30 AM

5A.6

Warm clouds and light rain—new insights from CloudSat and the A-train

Graeme L. Stephens, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

5A.7

A conical scan type spaceborne precipitation radar

Ken'ichi Okamoto, Tottori University of Environmental Studies, Tottori, Japan; and S. Shige and T. Manabe

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (320.0 kB)

Session 5B

Severe Weather I

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Speaker: Aurora Bell, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

8:30 AM

5B.1

Observations of tornadogenesis using the MWR-05XP, a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar

Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. M. French, I. PopStefanija, R. Bluth, and J. Knorr

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

8:45 AM

5B.2

Variability in the kinematic structure of Super Tuesday storms

Todd A. Murphy, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

9:00 AM

5B.3

Supercell Collapse Phase: an example

Leslie R. Lemon, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Presentation PDF (381.4 kB)

9:15 AM

5B.4

Kinematic structure and evolution of the 9 March 2006 Mississippi/Alabama bow echo

Calvin Elkins, United States Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5B.5

Radar observations of supercells during VORTEX2

Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, C. L. Ziegler, E. R. Mansell, D. P. Betten, G. D. Carrie, C. M. Schwarz, and T. E. Thompson

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

5B.6

A preliminary analysis of a tornadic supercell using mobile, phased-array Doppler radar data

Michael M. French, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, I. PopStefanija, R. Bluth, and C. Baldi

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break—Sponsored by Distromet Ltd.

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session 6A

Spaceborne Radar II

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Rob Cifelli, Colorado State University

10:30 AM

6A.1

Doppler measurements of cloud profiling radar of EarthCARE

Yuichi Ohno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Horie, N. Takahashi, H. Kumagai, K. Sato, H. Nakarsuka, K. Okada, Y. Sakaide, and T. Kimura

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

6A.2

Utilizing spaceborne radars to retrieve dry snowfall from a global and regional perspective

Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

6A.3

NASA Global Precipitation Mission ground validation implementation

Walter A. Petersen, NASA/Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6A.4

Using TRMM vround validation data to assess global rainfall products

David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Fisher

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6A.5

Evaluation of the TRMM PR Algorithms in Complex Terrain

Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

6A.6

Comparing TRMM and ground-based radar observations in Israel during intense precipitation events occurred in March 2003

Marco Gabella, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and E. Morin II

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (246.1 kB)

Session 6B

Severe Weather II

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research

10:30 AM

6B.1

Study on the 3D Structure of the Severe Heavy Rainfall in Chuzhou area during 1~2 August 2008 with Dual-Doppler Radar

HaiGuang Zhou Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, Beijing, Beijing, China

10:45 AM

6B.2

Dynamical and microphysical properties of high impact orographic mesoscale convective systems from high resolution operational multiple-Doppler and polarimetric radar data

Olivier Bousquet, Meteo France, Toulouse, France

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

11:00 AM

6B.3

Dual-Doppler observations of a destructive windstorm in Brisbane, Australia

Harald Richter, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and S. Collis, P. T. May, and E. Nelson

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6B.4

Analysis of Convergence Boundaries Observed during IHOP

Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

11:30 AM

6B.5

The Black Sea influence in convective storms initiation in South Eastern Romania

Aurora Bell, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; and D. Carbunaru, B. Antonescu, and S. Burcea

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

11:45 AM

6B.6

Radar Observations of Convective Cells and Identification of Hotspots in mountainous Terrain

Martin Hagen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; and J. Van Baelen and E. Richard

Recorded presentation

Lunch Break

Poster Session 5

Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing I

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P5.1

New science for the WSR-88D: staggered PRT implementation on the SIGMET RVP8

Darcy S. Saxion, NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and R. D. Rhoton, R. L. Ice, J. C. Krause, O. E. Boydstun, W. D. Zittel, L. A. Torres, and D. A. Warde

Handout (1006.9 kB)

P5.2

Moving clutter spectral filter for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

John Y. N. Cho, MIT, Lexington, MA

Handout (313.2 kB)

P5.3

Automatic clutter mitigation in the WSR-88D, design, evaluation, and implementation

Richard L. Ice, Air Force Weather Agency, Norman, OK; and R. D. Rhoton, J. C. Krause, D. S. Saxion, O. E. Boydstun, A. K. Heck, J. N. Chrisman, D. S. Berkowitz, W. D. Zittel, and D. A. Warde

Handout (721.1 kB)

P5.4

Evaluate the Coupled Term in Spectrum Width Equation using the Data Observed by WSR-88D

Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak

Handout (635.1 kB)

P5.5

Improvements of the French operational triple-PRT Doppler scheme

Clotilde Augros, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary

Handout (381.4 kB)

P5.6

Improving performance of staggered-PRT clutter filtering for longer PRTs via shrewd windowing

Svetlana M. Bachmann, Lockheed Martin, Syracuse, NY; and M. D. Tracy

Handout (543.7 kB)

P5.7

A new multiple-PRT scheme for Météo-France's Doppler radar network to improve spectral moment estimation of weather radar signal and ground clutter filtering

Mohammed Tahanout, Météo France, Trappes, France; and J. Parent du Châtelet and C. Augros

Handout (431.0 kB)

P5.8

Using Signal Coherency to Improve Detection on Weather Radars

Igor R. Ivic, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

Handout (618.2 kB)

P5.9

Techniques for Rapid Scanning Weather Surveillance using the MWR-05XP, a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar

Ivan PopStefanija, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and B. Seeger, C. Baldi, R. Bluth, P. Buczynski, and H. B. Bluestein

P5.10

Generalized SZ phase codes to mitigate range and velocity ambiguities

Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic

Handout (299.0 kB)

P5.11

The Range-Overlaid Staggered PRT Algorithm

David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

P5.12

Frequency Diversity Wideband Waveforms for Dual-Polarization Weather Radars

Nitin Bharadwaj, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (906.1 kB)

P5.13

Enhanced Moment Estimation of OU-PRIME Through Advanced Signal Processing

Qing Cao, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, and L. Lei

P5.14

Advanced tornado detection algorithm using super-resolultion and polarimetric data

Yadong Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu

Handout (389.4 kB)

P5.15

Clutter mitigation in diverse environments

Michael Dixon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert, G. Meymaris, and S. Ellis

Handout (1.2 MB)

P5.16

Observed failure modes of the WSR-88D velocity dealiasing algorithm during severe weather outbreaks

Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Crum

Handout (403.8 kB)

P5.17

Time Domain GMAP Clutter Filter for Weather Radars

Cuong M. Nguyen, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and V. Chandrasekar

P5.18

Compression strategies for super resolution WSR-88D radar data

Shawn Mccarroll, NWS, Norman, OK; and M. Yeary and D. Hougen

P5.19

Another method for ground target identification and filtering using spectral processing of dual-polarization returns

Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. Gadoury

Handout (448.1 kB)

P5.20

An improved hybrid spectrum width estimator

Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams and J. Hubbert

Handout (1.1 MB)

P5.21

An alternative approach to staggered PRT clutter filtering

Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert and M. Dixon

Handout (147.4 kB)

Poster Session 6

Severe Weather and Mesoscale Meteorology

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P6.1

Behavior of lightning and updrafts for severe and non-severe storms in northern Alabama

Elise V. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen

P6.2

The New Weather Radar for America's Space Program in Florida: Scan Strategy Design

William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. A. Short

Handout (187.3 kB)

P6.3

Can high-resolution surface moisture fields be retrieved in supercells?

David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, P. L. Heinselman, D. S. Michaud, and G. Zhang

Handout (1.8 MB)

P6.4

Survey of applications of radar refractivity retrievals

David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman, R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, and D. S. Michaud

Handout (659.1 kB)

P6.5

Evolution of a tornadic supercell and its environment sampled by the Phased Array Radar and Oklahoma City Micronet

Rick Hluchan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman

Handout (1.2 MB)

P6.5A

Phased array radar innovative sensing experiment

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres, R. Adams, C. D. Curtis, E. Forren, I. R. Ivic, D. Priegnitz, J. Thompson, and D. A. Warde

Handout (686.6 kB)

P6.6

Dual-Doppler wind analysis of convective storms using the vertical vorticity equation

Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro and J. Gao

P6.7

Retrieval of mean vertical air motion in stratiform snow using Doppler Radar wind measurements

Xue Meng Chen, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and I. Zawadzki

Handout (451.2 kB)

P6.8

Single Doppler Radar Observation of the Concentric Eyewall in Typhoon Saomai (2006) near Landfall

Kun Zhao, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and W. C. Lee and B. J. D. Jou

P6.9

Estimate of Eddy Dissipation Rates Using Spectrum Width Observed by Hong Kong TDWR Radar

Pengfei Zhang, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and P. W. Chan, R. J. Doviak, and M. Fang

Handout (1.0 MB)

P6.10

Evolution of a tornadic supercell thunderstorm sampled by phased array radar

P6.11 moved. New paper number P6.5A

P6.12

Radar analysis of boundaries during the early evening boundary layer transition period

Jessica Busse, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

P6.13

Near-Surface Flow Characteristics of a Thunderstorm Outflow Event

Theresa Abigail Aguilar, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder

P6.14

A dual polarimetric and total lightning review of significant weather events across the Tennessee Valley from late March through early May 2009

Christopher J. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, K. R. Knupp, D. W. Phillips, P. N. Gatlin, and E. V. Schultz

Handout (1002.2 kB)

P6.15

Radar analysis of the airflow over geographic features that may affect mesocyclone intensity and tornadogenesis

Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

Handout (1.4 MB)

P6.16

Retrieval of hurricane turbulence parameters using airborne Doppler radar measurements

Sylvie Lorsolo, CIMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. F. Gamache, P. P. Dodge, and F. D. Marks Jr.

P6.17

Observations of spatially-variable lake-breeze movement in the vicinity of Chicago, IL

Jason M. Keeler, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich

P6.18

The impacts of thunderstorm geometry and WSR-88D beam characteristics on diagnosing supercell tornadoes

Steven F. Piltz, NOAA/NWSFO, Tulsa, OK; and D. W. Burgess

Handout (872.3 kB)

P6.19

NEXRAD Severe Weather Signatures in the NOAA Severe Weather Data Inventory

Steve Ansari, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Phillips and S. A. Del Greco

Handout (878.9 kB)

P6.20

Kinematic and thermodynamic structure of the 23 april 2007 squall line over south China

Yujie Pan, NanJing University, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China; and Z. Kun

P6.21

Comparisons of fine-scale radar observations and in situ tornado pod observations of low level tornadic winds

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba

P6.22

Dual-Doppler windfields and in situ thermodynamic fields in and near tornadoes obtained during VORTEX2

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba, Y. Richardson, and P. M. Markowski

Poster Session 7

Spaceborne Radar

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P7.1

Microphysical retrieval from Dual-frequency GPM observations

Minda Le, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and S. Lim

Handout (397.3 kB)

P7.2

Exploring alternate parameterizations for snowfall with validation from satellite and terrestrial radars

Andrew L. Molthan, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, J. L. Case, S. R. Dembek, and G. J. Jedlovec

P7.3

An enhanced Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) validation network prototype

K. Robert Morris, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. R. Schwaller

Handout (460.1 kB)

P7.5

Studies of Sea Surface Normalized Radar Cross Sections Observed by CloudSat

Ninoslav Majurec, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. T. Johnson and S. Tanelli

Handout (777.1 kB)

P7.6

A new approach for analyzing and comparing TRMM PR and ground CP2 radar data for two convective storms near Brisbane, Australia

Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi

Handout (169.5 kB)

P7.7

Simulation of Space-borne Radar Observations of Precipitation at Ku and Ka Band

V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. Khajonrat

Handout (564.4 kB)

P7.8

Study for external calibration method for Cloud Profiling Radar on EarthCARE

Hiroaki Horie, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ohno, K. Sato, N. Takahashi, and K. Okada

P7.10

Regional variation of convective structure at monsoon onset across South America inferred from TRMM observations

Richard Barnhill, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and T. M. Rickenbach, R. Nieto Ferreira, S. W. Nesbitt, and E. Wright

P7.11

NEXRAD in space and tropical cyclones: observations and impacts

William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P7.12

The where and why of tropical thick anvil

Wei Li, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher

P7.13

Development of NASA's integrated Instrument Simulator Suite for Atmospheric Remote Sensing from

Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Poster Session 8

Radar Platforms

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P8.1

A 35-GHz polarimetric Doppler millimeter-wavelength radar and its application in observing clouds surrounding typhoon

Liu Liping, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China

P8.2

Observations of atmospheric waves that moved across northern Alabama on 4 December 2008 using the ARMOR Doppler radar and the Mobile Integrated Profiling System

Patrick N. Gatlin, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp and T. A. Coleman

Handout (2.0 MB)

P8.3

Design and performance characteristics of the new 9 m dual-offset Gregorian antenna for the CSU-CHILL radar

V.N. Bringi, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Hoferer, D. A. Brunkow, R. Schwerdtfeger, V. Chandrasekar, S. Rutledge, J. George, and P. C. Kennedy

Handout (959.8 kB)

P8.4

Topological Considerations for a CONUS Deployment of CASA-Type Radars

Anthony P. Hopf, Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA; and D. L. Pepyne and D. J. McLaughlin

Handout (368.8 kB)

P8.5

The UAH/NSSTC Advanced Radar for Meteorological and Operational Research (ARMOR)

Walter A. Petersen, NASA/Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA; and K. Knupp, L. D. Carey, D. Phillips, W. Deierling, and P. N. Gatlin

P8.6

OU-PRIME: A High-Resolution Platform for Interdisciplinary Polarimetric Radar Research and Education at the University of Oklahoma

R. D. Palmer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, G. Zhang, B. L. Cheong, T. Y. Yu, M. B. Yeary, P. B. Chilson, M. I. Biggerstaff, N. L. Hickmon, R. J. Doviak, D. S. Zrnic, M. Knight, N. E. Lawrence III, F. Sloan, C. Goode, R. Stafford, R. Keene, P. Neilley, A. Turnbull, J. T. Snow, T. H. L. Williams, and D. Marsh

P8.7

NASA Goddard High-Altitude Radars—Past, Present, and Future

Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Li, M. Vega, S. Rodriguez, P. Racette, and L. Tian

Coffee Break

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session 7A

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois

4:00 PM

7A.1

National Mosaic and Q2 (NMQ) system—description, results and future plans

Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Howard, S. Vasiloff, C. Langston, B. Kaney, A. Arthur, S. Van Cooten, K. Kelleher, D. Kitzmiller, F. Ding, M. G. Mullusky, E. Wells, D. Seo, T. Schneider, and C. Dempsey

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

4:15 PM

7A.2

Multi-sensor precipitation reanalysis

Brian R. Nelson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. J. Seo and D. Kim

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (228.5 kB)

4:30 PM

7A.3

Evaluation of MPE data for the Midwestern United States

Nancy Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, INRS, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (146.6 kB)

4:45 PM

7A.4

Toward combining space and ground-based radar observations: Challenges and Opportunities

Eyal Amitai, NASA/GSFC and Chapman University, Greenbelt, MD; and X. Llort

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

7A.5

High resolution radar precipitation evaluation

Dennis A. Miller, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD, MD; and S. Wu, D. Kitzmiller, and F. Ding

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (141.9 kB)

5:15 PM

7A.6

The French community Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) Re-analysis Project: Establishment of a reference multi-year, multi-source, nation-wide, hourly QPE data base for hydrology and climate change studies

Laetitia Moulin, Cemagref, Antony, France; and P. Tabary, J. Parent du Chatelet, J. M. Soubeyroux, C. Guéguen, O. Laurantin, P. Dupuy, C. Loumagne, C. Perrin, V. Andréassian, B. Boudevilain, H. Andrieu, and G. Delrieu

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (979.2 kB)

Session 7B

Clouds and Radiation

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology

4:00 PM

7B.1

Contrails of small and very large optical depth

David Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. Wang

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

4:15 PM

7B.2

Vertical Profiling of Clouds and Atmospheric Radiative Heating

Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. B. Wood and G. L. Stephens

4:30 PM

7B.3

Multi-sensor analysis of A-Train observations for investigating the warm cloud microphysical processes

Kentaroh Suzuki, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. L. Stephens, T. Y. Nakajima, and S. C. van den Heever

Presentation PDF (128.3 kB)

4:45 PM

7B.4

A study of Antarctic clouds using CloudSat and CALIPSO measurements

Loknath Adhikari, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Z. Wang

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

5:00 PM

7B.5

Operational Volume Scan Strategies for ARM's Cloud Radars

Pavlos Kollias, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada; and K. Widener

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

7B.6

Microphysical properties of stratiform clouds by cloud radar measuraments

Sabrina Melchionna, Max Planck Institute of Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (861.8 kB)

Session 8A

Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing I

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Eric Loew, NCAR

8:00 AM

8A.1

Keynote Talk: What's new at the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased - Array)

Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. Heimmer, T. J. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner

Presentation PDF (159.8 kB)

8:30 AM

8A.2

Mobile Rapid Scanning X-band Polarimetric (RaXpol) Doppler Radar System

Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and H. B. Bluestein

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

8A.3

Mitigation of cross-polar interference in polarimetric weather radar

James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA; and E. J. Holder

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (47.2 kB)

9:00 AM

8A.4

The impact of the cascading structure of precipitation on reflectivity measurements

Dominik Jacques, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and P. Borque, J. Yip, W. Chang, and F. Fabry

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (415.7 kB)

9:15 AM

8A.5

Recent Development of the NASA High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP)

Lihua Li, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland; and G. M. Heymsfield, J. Carswell, D. Schaubert, J. Creticos, M. Vega, and M. Perrine

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

8A.6

Single-scan Radar Refractivity Retrieval (SR3): Theory and Simulations

B. L. Cheong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (511.2 kB)

9:45 AM

8A.7

Let's get a few more dBs sensitivity: Adaptive coherent averaging

Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Session 8B

Hydrological Applications

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Brian R. Nelson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

8:30 AM

8B.1

Representing radar QPE uncertainties using radar ensembles

Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and J. Roca, X. Llort, and G. Pegram

8:45 AM

8B.2

The operational radar based quantitative precipitation estimation in Denmark and its potential application in hydrological modeling

Xin He, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; and F. Vejen and K. H. Jensen

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

8B.3

Evaluating the Tool used to Issue Flash Flood Warnings in the US

Jessica M. Erlingis Lamers, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

8B.4

Towards improved QPE quality characterization methods in the UK and in OPERA

K. Norman, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and R. W. Scovell, N. Gaussiat, D. L. Harrison, M. Boscacci, and M. Kitchen

Recorded presentation Manuscript (2.1 MB)

9:30 AM

8B.5

X-band radar coupled with a GR3H rain-flow model in mountainous areas for flood prediction

Stéphanie Diss, Cemagref, Aix en Provence , France; and P. Arnaud, E. Moreau, and J. Lavabre

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

9:45 AM

8B.6

Advantages of adding “basin upstream rainfall” (BUR) to the flash flood monitoring and prediction (FFMP) program

Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWSFO, Pittsburgh, PA; and T. A. Green Jr. and C. S. Strager

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

Coffee Break

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session 9A

Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing II

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

10:30 AM

9A.1

Radar coherent scatter from precipitation: Part I

A. B. Kostinski, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI; and A. R. Jameson

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

9A.2

Radar coherent scatter from precipitation: Part II

A. R. Jameson, RJH Scientific, Inc., Arlington, VA; and A. B. Kostinski

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

9A.3

Cross-coupling, antenna errors and simultaneous horizontal and vertical polarization transmit data

J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis, G. Meymaris, and M. Dixon

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

11:15 AM

9A.4

Digital wx radar receiver design based on highly efficient bandpass sampling FPGA architecture

John Meier, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Kelley and M. B. Yeary

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

9A.5

A New Frontier for Mobile Weather Radar—The Atmospheric Imaging Radar: meteorological implications and requirements

David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, B. M. Isom, and B. L. Cheong

11:45 AM

9A.6

Design considerations for an X-band spaced antenna weather radar

Vijay Venkatesh, University of Masssachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. J. Frasier

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (376.8 kB)

Session 9B

Results From Tropical Field Experiments

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Tammy Weckwerth, NCAR

10:30 AM

9B.1

Polarimetric radar analysis of convection in northwestern Mexico

Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Rutledge and R. Cifelli

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

9B.2

Overview of SoWMEX/TiMREX

WenChau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. J. D. Jou, C. R. Chen, and J. A. Moore

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

9B.3

Precipitation Characteristics and Associated Environment Regimes during SoWMEX/TiMREX

Chong-Chi Tong, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen and B. J. D. Jou

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

9B.4

Developing and testing a variational multiple-Doppler radar synthesis method using simulated and SoWMEX/TiMREX data

Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Jhongli City, Taiwan; and Y. J. Chang

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

9B.5

Trade wind cloud evolution observed by polarization radar—relationship to aerosol characteristics

Hilary A. Minor, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, S. Goeke, and M. Freer

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

9B.6

Microphysical and precipitation characteristics of West African convection observed by polarimetric radar

Brenda Dolan, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge and M. Gosset

Recorded presentation

Conference Banquet at Colonial Williamsburg Historic Taverns (King's Arms & Shield's)

Session 10A

Polarimetric Radar I

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Edwin Campos, McGill University

8:00 AM

10A.1

Keynote Talk - Urban Flood Monitoring using X-band Dual-polarization Radar Network: Program of the CASA-NIED Partnership

V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and Y. Wang, M. Maki, and K. Nakane

Presentation PDF (467.6 kB)

8:30 AM

10A.2

Radar Differential Phase Signatures of Ice Orientation for the Prediction of Lightning Initiation and Cessation

Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and W. Deierling

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (817.5 kB)

8:45 AM

10A.3

Classification of meteorological and non-meteorological targets with principal component analysis applying conventional and polarimetric measurements and their texture

Jarmo Koistinen, FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and T. Mäkinen and S. Pulkkinen

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

10A.4

Hail detection and quantification with a C-band polarimetric radar : challenges and promises

Pierre Tabary, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and B. Fradon, A. J. Illingworth, and G. Vulpiani

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

9:15 AM

10A.5

Hail detection with a C-Band dual Polarization radar in the Canadian Great Lakes region

Sudesh Boodoo, Environment and Climate Change Canada, King City, ON, Canada; and D. Hudak, M. Leduc, A. V. Ryzhkov, N. Donaldson, and D. Hassan

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (461.8 kB)

9:30 AM

10A.6

S-Band radar dual polarization observations of winter storms

Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (255.6 kB)

9:45 AM

10A.7

Discrimination of mixed- vs. ice-phase clouds using dual-polarization radar with application to detection of aircraft icing regions

David M. Plummer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and S. Göke, R. M. Rauber, and L. Di Girolamo

Recorded presentation

Session 10B

Testbeds

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Iwan Holleman, KNMI

8:30 AM

10B.1

Low-level moisture analysis from refractivity data derived from a network of S-band and X-band Radars using ARPS 3DVAR

Nicholas Antonio Gasperoni, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, R. D. Palmer, J. Gao, B. L. Cheong, and D. S. Michaud

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

10B.2

Issues with Polarimetric Phased Array Radar in Weather Measurements

Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, D. S. Zrnic, G. E. Crain, D. Staiman, and Y. Al-Rashid

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

10B.3

Prototype deployment of the NCAR thunderstorm nowcasting system in the NWS AWIPS: description of the Texas and Florida testbeds

Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Nelson, D. L. Megenhardt, M. B. Ba, K. Sperow, D. Albo, S. O'Donnell, W. F. Roberts, J. Mahoney, C. Neidhart, S. Abelman, S. Smith, J. P. Tuell, and C. Miner

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

10B.4

The NOAA coastal atmospheric river observatory

Allen B. White, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, D. J. Gottas, and S. I. Gutman

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

9:30 AM

10B.5

RLAN 5 GHz interference to C-band meteorological radars in Europe : solutions, lessons, follow-up

Philippe Tristant, Meteo France, Toulouse, France

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (166.8 kB)

9:45 AM

10B.6

The New Weather Radar for America's Space Program in Florida: An Overview

William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force, Patrick AFB, FL; and T. M. McNamara, B. F. Boyd, and F. Merceret

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (251.8 kB)

Coffee Break

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session 11A

Polarimetric Radar II

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Scott Ellis, NCAR

10:30 AM

11A.1

Differential reflectivity bias caused by cross coupling of H, V radiation in the antenna

Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak and G. Zhang

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (368.5 kB)

10:45 AM

11A.2

Operational and automatic calibration monitoring based on a polarimetric self-consistency procedure

Erwan Le Bouar, Novimet, Vélizy, France; and E. Moreau and J. Orensanz

Presentation PDF (130.5 kB)

11:00 AM

11A.3

The estimation of X-band attenuation due to wet ice in the mixed phase region of convective storms and correction of LDR at X-band using the CP-2 radar

V.N. Bringi, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. J. Huang, P. T. May, K. Glasson, and T. D. Keenan

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (573.8 kB)

11:15 AM

11A.4

Estimation of Attenuation at X-band Using Propagation Phase and Differential Reflectivity

Wei-Yu Chang, National Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan; and J. Vivekanandan and T. C. Chen Wang

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

11A.5

Validation of attenuation correction at X band performed with collocated S-band polarimetric radar

Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, A. V. Ryzhkov, A. Zahrai, and J. K. Carter

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (599.3 kB)

11:45 AM

11A.6

Attenuation correction and hydrometeor classification of high-resolution, X-band, dual-polarized mobile radar measurements in severe convective storms

Jeffrey C. Snyder, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. Bluestein, G. Zhang, and S. Frasier

Recorded presentation

Session 11B

Results From Mid-Latitude Field Experiments

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:30 AM

11B.1

Preliminary results from the VORTEX2 coordinated mobile radar, surface, and other mobile platform study of tornadogenesis and low level tornado winds

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and E. Rasmussen, Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. W. Burgess, H. Bluestein, L. J. Wicker, and D. Dowell

10:45 AM

11B.2

The TTUKa Mobile Doppler Radar: Coordinated Radar and In Situ Measurements of Supercell Thunderstorms During Project VORTEX2

Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (937.9 kB)

11:00 AM

11B.3

On the use of multiple sensors to characterize the spatial gradients of the vertical structure of rainfall in mountainous regions

Olivier P. Prat, NCSU and NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. P. Barros

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

11B.4

An Aerosol—Meteorological observatory in support of the CalWater experiment

Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Prather, D. Rosenfeld, and S. Cliff

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (101.1 kB)

11:30 AM

11B.5

ARMOR and MAX Radar Observations and Dual-Doppler Synthesis of the Lake Breeze Generated By a Small Anthropogenic Lake

Salvi Asefi, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp, R. M. Welch, and D. Phillips

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

11B.6

DOW radar and water vapor DIAL observations and comparisons with mesoscale models in COPS

Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Wulfmeyer, L. J. Miller, A. Behrendt, S. Pal, and F. Aoshima

Recorded presentation

Lunch Break

Poster Session 9

Data Assimilation Studies

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P9.2

Radar Image Segmentation Using Active Contour Method

Pengfei Zhang, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and M. Zhu

Handout (1.0 MB)

P9.3

The Potential for Wind Observations from Insect Returns using UK Doppler Rain Radars

Susan J. Rennie, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth, S. L. Dance, and S. Ballard

P9.4

Assimilation of radar observations in mesoscale models using approximate background error covariance matrices

Chang-Hwan Park, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz and M. S. Kulie

Handout (703.5 kB)

P9.5

Examining the Impact of Spatial and Temporal Resolutions of Phased-Array Radar on EnKF Analysis of Convective Storms Using OSSEs - Modeling Observation Errors

Yasuko Umemoto, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Lei, T. Y. Yu, and M. Xue

Handout (698.1 kB)

P9.6

A new dealiasing method for Doppler velocity data quality control

Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, P. Zhang, S. Liu, and D. Parrish

Handout (2.6 MB)

P9.7

Automatic quality control of airborne Doppler radar data

Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Bell and W. C. Lee

Handout (411.2 kB)

P9.8

Three-dimensional Analyses of Several Thunderstorms observed during VORTEX2 field operations

Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and M. Xue

Handout (1.5 MB)

P9.1

Assimilation of Coastal Ground-based and Airborne Doppler Radar Data with the ARPS 3DVAR and Cloud Analysis for the Prediction of Hurricane Ike (2008)

Kun Zhao, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and N. Du

Poster Session 10

Advanced Radar Technologies II

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P10.1

Automatic Detection of Wind Turbine Clutter Using Doppler Spectral Features

Kenta T. Hood, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and S. M. Torres and R. D. Palmer

Handout (949.9 kB)

P10.2

A technique for wind turbine Radar Cross Section (RCS) characterization through electromagnetic models

Andrew Huston, Atmosphere Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and Y. Zhang, S. Wang, F. Kong, and R. D. Palmer

P10.3

Wind turbine clutter mitigation for weather radar by means of telemetry

Fanxing Kong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Zhang, R. Palmer, A. Huston, and S. Wang

Handout (2.1 MB)

P10.4

Wind Turbine Clutter Detection in Surveillance Meteorological Radar Tasks

Beatriz Gallardo, Technical University of Madrid / Spanish Meteorological Agency, Madrid, Spain; and F. Aguado and F. Pérez

P10.5

NASA's Radar Software Library (RSL) and RSL in IDL

David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. L. Kelley

P10.6

A Free Software available for displaying Radar Data in netCDF format

Roberto Vicente Calheiros, MRI/IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Brazil

P10.7

The impact of closely spaced elevation scans on observations obtained using the NWRT Phased Array Radar

Adam J. Smith, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and P. B. Chilson

Handout (1.5 MB)

P10.8

Mode of dual polarization: phased array versus parabolic dish

Svetlana M. Bachmann, Lockheed Martin MS2, Syracuse, NY; and Y. Al-Rashid and M. D. Tracy

Handout (100.6 kB)

P10.9

NEXRAD Product Improvement—Update 2009

Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Saffle and G. S. Cate

Handout (53.7 kB)

P10.10

Improvements to the National Weather Radar Testbed Radar Control Interface

David Priegnitz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman, S. M. Torres, and R. Adams

Handout (617.2 kB)

P10.11

Automatic detection and removal of ground clutter contamination on weather radars

David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

Handout (807.6 kB)

P10.12

An update on the RF and digital components of the multi-channel receiver development at the National Weather Radar Testbed

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. E. Crain, A. Zahrai, R. Kelley, I. Ivic, J. Meier, C. D. Curtis, Y. Zhang, R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, R. J. Doviak, P. B. Chilson, M. Xue, and Q. Xu

P10.13

Task prioritization on phased-array radar scheduler for adaptive weather sensing

Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu and S. M. Torres

Handout (640.0 kB)

P10.14

Analysis and potential improvements to the WSR-88D storm cell tracking algorithm

Benjamin Root, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yeary and T. Y. Yu

Handout (717.1 kB)

P10.15

Spectral characterization of ground clutter using the NWRT

Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and T. Y. Yu

Handout (314.4 kB)

P10.16

Staggered PRT beam multiplexing on the NWRT: comparisons to existing scanning strategies

Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and T. Y. Yu

Handout (336.8 kB)

P10.17

Can RAdio Detection And Ranging be passive? First looks at measurements from a prototype “mesoscale radiometer”

Veronique Meunier, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry

P10.18

Waveguide Fibre Optic Rotary Joint for Antenna Mounted Radar Receivers

Dennis Vollbracht, Selex Systems Integration GmbH, Neuss, Germany

Handout (2.0 MB)

P10.19

Evaluation of phase ambiguity problem due to sampling time when measuring refractivity with precipitation radar

Chiraz Boudjabi, Météo France, Trappes, France; and J. Parent du Châtelet

Handout (113.1 kB)

P10.20

Estimation of low-level atmospheric refractivity gradient using ground echo coverage

Shinju Park, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry

Handout (1000.8 kB)

P10.21

A new clutter censoring technique—Updates on radar refractivity retrieval

Daniel S. Michaud, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, D. Bodine, P. L. Heinselman, and B. L. Cheong

P10.22

Using a dual-polarimetric weather radar simulator to investigate microwave backscatter from birds

Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Bolognini, B. L. Cheong, and J. Kelly

Handout (1.1 MB)

P10.23

Real-time airborne radar wind-profiling algorithm for the Integrated Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler

S.J. Frasier, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and T. Chu

Handout (125.1 kB)

P10.24

Progress towards a prototype radar for renewal of the UK weather radar network

Tim Darlington, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. Edwards, R. Riley, V. Lissaman, and J. Sugier

P10.25

Meter-scale Observations of Aircraft Wake Vortices in Precipitation using a High Resolution Solid-State W-band Radar

James B. Mead, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and T. A. Seliga

Handout (802.6 kB)

Poster Session 11

Results From Field Experiments

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P11.1

Overview of ELDORA operations in T-PARC

WenChau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Bell, E. Loew, C. Wolff, and H. Cai

P11.2

Changes within African mesoscale convective systems under the presence of Saharan Air Layer dust as examined by NPOL radar during NAMMA-06

Amber E. Reynolds, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. S. Jenkins and G. M. Heymsfield

Handout (356.9 kB)

P11.3

Planning acceptance tests of the next generation Swiss weather radar network

Marco Gabella, MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland; and U. Germann, M. Boscacci, M. Sartori, and O. Progin

P11.4

Development and Application of X-band Radar System for Automatic Detection and Registration of Migrating Birds

Niels Einar Jensen, DHI, Aarhus, Denmark; and L. Pedersen and H. Skov

P11.5

Quality index scheme for 3D radar data volumes

Jan Szturc, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice, Poland; and K. Osrodka, A. Jurczyk, and Z. Dziewit

Handout (285.4 kB)

P11.6

Observations of hurricane Ike (2008) from the Mobile Alabama X-band radar

Stephanie Mullins, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

P11.7

UAHuntsville X-Band Profiling Radar (XPR)

Dustin W. Phillips, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

P11.8

Radar based characterization of the tropical boundary layer

Jennifer L. Davison, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

P11.9

Development of a Database of Flash Flood Events in the US

Jonathan J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, K. L. Ortega, J. M. E. Lamers, and E. Gruntfest

P11.10

Wind Retrieval from airborne Doppler radar

Carlos López Carrillo, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. J. Raymond

P11.11

TiMREX/SoWMEX observations of non-synoptically-forced convection

Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee, K. Friedrich, R. D. Roberts, and J. W. Wilson

P11.12

Precipitation Characteristics Observed in Panama

Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Newman and J. Gerlach

P11.13

Fine-scale kinematic structure of a gravity wave within a midlatitude cyclone

Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL ; and T. Coleman and D. Phillips

P11.14

Raindrop size distribution observed during SoWMEX/TiMREX

Tzu-Chin Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan; and B. J. D. Jou

P11.15

Progress update on NCAR radar/remote sensing software

Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. F. Flanigan, L. J. Miller, C. D. Burghart, J. H. VanAndel, W. C. Lee, M. M. Bell, J. Vivekanandan, and M. D. Daniels

Poster Session 12

Test beds / Nowcasting

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P12.1

“MeteoGIS”: GIS-based system for monitoring of meteorological phenomena for local authorities

Anna Jurczyk, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice, Poland; and K. Osródka, G. Tkocz, and J. Szturc

Handout (917.8 kB)

P12.3

Developing lightning prediction tools for the CCAFS dual-polarimetric radar

Walter A. Petersen, NASA/Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA; and L. D. Carey, W. Deierling, E. V. Johnson, and M. Bateman

P12.4

A comparison of CASA and NEXRAD data from supercells observed 10 February 2009

J. A. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Mahale, K. A. Brewster, J. Gao, K. D. Hondl, K. W. Thomas, and M. Xue

Handout (1.6 MB)

P12.5

Preliminary results using the NWRT monopulse radar for spaced antenna interferometric measurements of weather

Yinguang Li, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, G. Zhang, D. Priegnitz, and C. D. Curtis

Handout (2.3 MB)

Poster Session 13

Polarimetric Radar Applications and Techniques

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

P13.1

Principles of Dual-polarization Upgrade and Calibration for the WSR-88D Radars

V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and B. Walker, J. Lee, and J. Higley

P13.2

X-band simultaneous horizontal and vertical transmit data and cross-coupling signatures

J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. S. Shen, T. C. Wang, and S. Ellis

Handout (1.9 MB)

P13.3

Polarimetric radar takes a look at cloud seeding

James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts and C. Arnold

P13.4

Data Quality Control of X-Band Polarimetric Doppler Radar on Wheel

Yanjiao Xiao, Institute of Heavy Rain, Wuhan, Hubei, China; and W. Bin

P13.5

Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Hydrometeors Observed within Mature Convective Storms

Darren Clabo, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and P. Smith and A. Detwiler

Handout (801.3 kB)

P13.6

An introduction of Taiwan's first mobile meteorological radar (TEAM-R), its field observations, and data QC procedure

Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Jhongli City, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. Y. Chang, Y. C. Feng, and P. L. Lin

P13.7

A dual-polarization investigation of tornado warned cells associated with Hurricane Rita (2005)

Christina C. Crowe, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL ; and W. A. Petersen and L. D. Carey

Handout (1.2 MB)

P13.8

Recognition of lightning echoes with the polarimetric WSR-88D

Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and T. J. Schuur and A. V. Ryzhkov

Handout (1.3 MB)

P13.9

Dual-polarimetric radar applications at Kwajalein Atoll, RMI

David A. Marks, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, L. Carey, and A. Tokay

Handout (1.0 MB)

P13.10

Lightning threat nowcasting with polarimetric weather radar

James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA

Handout (156.7 kB)

P13.11

Valparaiso University's Simultaneous dual-polarization radar: Education, research and learning

Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and B. J. Wolf and D. J. Smalley

P13.12

Calibration of VU C-band polarimetric radar

Raquel Evaristo, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and T. M. Bals-Elsholz and B. J. Wolf

Handout (68.9 kB)

P13.13

Development of Dual Polarization Aviation Weather Products for the FAA

David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett, R. G. Hallowell, M. F. Donovan, and E. R. Williams

Handout (1.8 MB)

P13.14

Improvements of polarimetric radar echo classifications

Ronald Hannesen, Selex SI GmbH, Neuss, Germany

Handout (2.2 MB)

P13.15

The effect of a wet radome on dualpol data quality

Michael Frech, German Meteorological Service, DWD, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany

Handout (1018.5 kB)

P13.16

Drop shape studies in rain using 2-D video disdrometer and dual-wavelength, polarimetric CP-2 radar measurements in south-east Queensland, Australia

Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi and P. T. May

Handout (298.3 kB)

P13.17

Raindrop Shape-Size Relation Retrieval from Polarimetric Radar Measurements

Eugenio Gorgucci, CNR / ISAC, Rome, Italy; and L. Baldini and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (357.3 kB)

P13.18

Super Resolution in Dual Polarization Mode for the WSR-88D

Pengfei Zhang, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov, D. Zrnic, and A. Ryzhkov

Handout (465.5 kB)

P13.19

A new composite display for polarimetric radar measurements

Zhoujie Cheng, Institute of Aviation Meteorology, Beijing, China; and Y. Zhu, X. Liu, J. Bai, and J. Liu

P13.20

A comparison of radar attenuation correction algorithms using simulated dual-polarimetric radar data

Ryan M. May, EEC, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff

P13.21

The ARMOR C-band radar polarimetric radar signatures of large hail: The April 10th 2009 severe weather outbreak over northern Alabama

Matthew E. Anderson, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, and K. R. Knupp

Handout (347.5 kB)

P13.22

Evaluation of two integrated techniques to estimate the rainfall rates from polarimetric radar measurements and extensive monitoring of azimuth-dependent ZDR and phiDP biases

Pierre Tabary, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and A. A. Boumahmoud, B. Fradon, J. Parent-du-Châtelet, H. Andrieu, and A. J. Illingworth

Handout (258.4 kB)

P13.23

Polarimetric radar observation of the eyewall of Typhoon Man-yi

Yukari Shusse, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and M. Satake, S. Satoh, N. Takahashi, H. Hanado, K. Nakagawa, and T. Iguchi

Handout (1.8 MB)

P13.24

Operational monitoring of radar differential reflectivity using the sun

Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. J. Huuskonen, R. S. Gill, and P. Tabary

P13.25

A multi-lag correlation estimator for polarimetric radar variables in the presence of noise

Lei Lei, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, and M. Xue

Handout (615.3 kB)

P13.26

Ground clutter mitigation for S-band dual-polarimetric radars

Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert, M. Dixon, and G. Meymaris

Poster Session 14

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrological Applications

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

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

Session

Coffee Break

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Session 12A

Tropical Cyclones

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ.

4:00 PM

12A.1

High resolution and in situ observations in the hurricane boundary layer: Ike and Gustav

Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman

4:15 PM

12A.2

The transformation of the eyewall of Hurricane Dolly (2008) into discrete vortical structures

Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and Z. Gruskin

4:30 PM

12A.3

A Latent Heat Retrieval in a Rapidlying Intensifying Hurricane

Stephen R. Guimond, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. D. Reasor

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (227.2 kB)

4:45 PM

12A.4

Observations of Tropical Storm Fay

Dustin W. Phillips, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp and T. A. Coleman

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

12A.5

Airborne radar observations of pre-depression Hagupit during TPARC/TCS-08

Michael M. Bell, NPS, Monterey, CA; and M. T. Montgomery

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

12A.6

Multi-wavelength radar observations of tropical cyclone rainbands over south Florida

Shaunna L. Donaher, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (597.3 kB)

Session 12B

Radar Platforms

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Scott Giangrande, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

4:00 PM

12B.1

Ground-based atmospheric research radar systems at the University of Massachusetts

S.J. Frasier, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and P. Siqueira

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (788.9 kB)

4:15 PM

12B.2

News on the European Weather Radar Network (OPERA)

Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

12B.3

Ground-based and Airborne Weather Radars and Lidar for Observing Atmosphere

J. Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew, S. Spuler, W. C. Lee, and T. Weckwerth

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (204.6 kB)

4:45 PM

12B.4

Development of Solid-State Weather Radar

Masakazu Wada, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan; and F. Mizutani

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

5:00 PM

12B.5

A new frontier for mobile radar—the Atmospheric Imaging Radar: design specifications and experimental functionality

B. M. Isom, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, M. B. Yeary, J. Meier, R. Kelley, B. L. Cheong, D. Bodine, R. J. Doviak, Y. Zhang, T. Y. Yu, M. Biggerstaff, and R. M. May

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

12B.6

SMARTSonde: A Small UAS Platform to Support Radar Research

Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Gleason, B. Zielke, N. Feng, M. Yeary, P. M. Klein, and W. Shalamunec

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (546.4 kB)

Session 13A

Data Assimilation I

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Gyuwon Lee, Kyungpook National University

8:00 AM

13A.1

From Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR) to Meso-Analysis System (MAS)

Isztar Zawadzki, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and K. Chung, A. Kilambi, L. Fillion, and F. Fabry

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (649.2 kB)

8:30 AM

13A.2

Towards the assimilation of precipitation data from ground-based radars in ECMWF's 4D-Var system

Philippe Bernard Lopez, ECMWF, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Presentation PDF (485.4 kB)

8:45 AM

13A.3

The forecasting error statistics for convective-scale prediction: the impact of correlated errors in radar observations

Kao-Shen Chung, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki, L. Fillion, and M. Berenguer

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (809.4 kB)

13A.4

Radar data assimilation using WRF-VAR: a comparison of 4DVAR with 3DVAR for an IHOP case

9:15 AM

13A.5

Current status of the assimilation of radar reflectivity data at the Met Office

N. Gaussiat, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and R. W. Scovell, C. Charlton-Perez, and S. Ballard

Recorded presentation

13A.6

Assimilation of the radar reflectivities in the Arome model at Météo-France

9:45 AM

13A.7

Impact and sensitivity of Doppler radial velocity data assimilation on short-term simulations of typhoon Aere (2004)

Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and H. H. Lin, Q. Xiao, and B. Kuo

Recorded presentation

Session 13B

Polarimetric Radar III

Location: Room 18 (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI

8:30 AM

13B.1

A comparison of polarimetric radar rainfall algorithms: Application in Colorado precipitation events

Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and Y. Wang, S. Lim, P. Kennedy, V. Chandrasekar, and S. Rutledge

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

13B.2

Dual-polarization weather radar observations of supercooled water and enhanced ice multiplication areas

Dmitri Moisseev, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Leskinen and E. Saltikoff

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

9:00 AM

13B.3

Quantification of error for polarimetric rainfall algorithms using the CP2 S-band radar in South-East Queensland, Australia

Acacia S. Pepler, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia; and P. T. May and M. Thurai

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (166.2 kB)

9:15 AM

13B.4

CPOL radar-derived DSD statistics of stratiform and convective rain for two regimes in Darwin, Australia

Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Bringi and P. T. May

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (814.8 kB)

9:30 AM

13B.5

Evaluation of polarimetric X-band radar rainfall estimators

Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

13B.6

Retrieval of the rain drop size distribution using telecommunication dual-polarization microwave links

Alexis Berne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and M. Schleiss

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (489.3 kB)

Coffee Break

Location: President's Ballroom (Williamsburg Marriott)

Session 14

Data Assimilation II

Location: Auditorium (Williamsburg Marriott)

Host: 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Shinta Seto, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

10:30 AM

14.1

Numerical simulation of a cyclic tornadic thunderstorm augmented by EnKF assimilation of mobile Doppler radar data

Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, H. B. Bluestein, S. J. Frasier, and K. Hardwick

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

10:45 AM

14.2

WSR-88D Radar Data Processing at NCEP

Shun Liu, SAIC, NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and G. DiMego, K. V. Kumar, D. Keyser, S. Guan, Q. Xu, K. Nai, P. Zhang, L. Liu, J. Zhang, X. Xu, and K. Howard

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (278.6 kB)

11:00 AM

14.3

An OSSE study for Doppler radar data assimilation strategies using four-dimension variational scheme

Shao-Fan Chang, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan; and J. Sun and Y. C. Liou

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

14.4

On the development of a weather radar data assimilation system for the US Navy

Paul R. Harasti, UCAR Visiting Scientist Program, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. D. Pan, M. D. Frost, Q. Zhao, J. Cook, L. Wagner, T. Maese, and R. Owens

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (804.5 kB)

11:30 AM

14.5

Assimilation of radar reflectivity data within the RUC and Rapid Refresh models and initialization of High Resolution Rapid Refresh forecasts from RUC/RR grids

Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. G. Benjamin, S. S. Weygandt, T. G. Smirnova, S. E. Peckham, K. J. Brundage, J. M. Brown, and G. S. Manikin

11:45 AM

14.6

Empirical radar rainfall data quality description for usage in the latent heat nudging scheme

Andrea Rossa, Meteorological Centre of Teolo, Teolo, Italy; and F. Del Guerra and D. Leuenberger

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

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