Poster Session 11 Precipitation and hydrologic applications

Thursday, 29 September 2011: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Grand Ballroom (William Penn Hotel)
Host: 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Papers:
120
Nowcasting by analogues: a generalization using radar data sequences
Loris Foresti, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and L. Panziera, P. V. Mandapaka, U. Germann, M. Kanevski, and A. Pozdnoukhov

Handout (3.6 MB)

121
Precipitation Bragg scatter in radar observations at zenith
A. R. Jameson, RJH Scientific, Inc., Arlington, VA; and A. B. Kostinski

Handout (148.5 kB)

122
System of weather radar volume data (3-D) quality control: RADVOL-QC
Katarzyna Osrodka, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice, Poland; and J. Szturc and A. Jurczyk

123
Identification of biological and anomalous propagation echoes in weather radar observations—an imaging processing approach
Lin Tang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, Y. Wang, and K. Howard
Manuscript (660.6 kB)

124
Uncertainty analysis of radar QPE in distributed hydrological modeling at Skjern River catchment, Denmark
Xin He, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; and F. Vejen, J. C. Refsgaard, and K. H. Jensen

125
Radar derived quantitative precipitation estimates for cloud resolving and climate model studies
Scott Collis, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. E. Giangrande, A. Theisen, M. J. Bartholomew, N. Bharadwaj, K. B. Widener, and M. P. Jensen

127
A variational approach to retrieve 3D radar reflectivity composites
Jordi Roca-Sancho, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer and D. Sempere-Torres
Manuscript (3.2 MB)

128
Radar networks from three agencies in Korea: Where are we heading?
Gyuwon Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. H. Jung, J. H. Lee, Y. H. Cho, K. D. Ahn, B. H. Heo, and C. K. Lee

129
The COMMON experiment—commercial dual-polarization microwave links for urban rainfall monitoring
Marc Schleiss, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and Z. Wang, J. Jaffrain, J. Rieckermann, and A. Berne

130
Using telecommunication microwave links to identify faulty rain gauge in urban areas
Blandine Bianchi, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and J. Rieckermann and A. Berne

131
Non-parametric approaches to the modeling of orographic enhancement in radar images
Loris Foresti, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and M. Kanevski and A. Pozdnoukhov

Handout (6.8 MB)

132
Statistical Correction of Radar Data
Jörg E. E. Seltmann, German Meteorological Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and A. Wagner

133
Evaluation of the New Version of the Laser-Optical Disdrometer, OTT Parsivel
Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, J. Wang, D. Makofski, W. Petersen, and K. Nemeth

134
Measuring Radome Panel high Frequency Properties
Jörg E. E. Seltmann, German Meteorological Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and U. Siart

135
Influence of the small-scale variability of the raindrop size distribution on radar power laws
Joël Jaffrain, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and A. Berne

Handout (6.7 MB)

136
Growth and decay in surface precipitation
Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and B. Radhakrishna and I. Zawadzki

137
Reflectivity Climatology for Central São Paulo
Roberto Vicente Calheiros, University of the State of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil
Manuscript (883.8 kB)

Handout (1.2 MB)

138
Elimination of chaff echoes in reflectivity mosaic of operational weather radar network using infrared satellite data
Hye-Young Han, Korea Meteorological Administration, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. H. Heo, S. H. Jung, G. W. Lee, C. H. You, and J. H. Lee

Handout (2.7 MB)

139
Implementation of a methodology to calibrate ground radars using TRMM-PR over Argentina
Luciano Vidal, National Meteorological Service, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and P. Salio and C. A. R. Morales

140
Hydrometeorological value of X-band radar RAINSCANNER® observations
Shinju Park, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer, D. Sempere-Torres, X. Llort, J. Didszun, and M. Pfeifer

141
Estimation and Verification of Accumulated Radar-AWS Precipitation in Korea
Hye-Young Ko, National Institute of Meteorological Research and KMA, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. Y. Nam, K. H. Chang, and Y. J. Choi

142
Operational Rainfall Estimation by X-band MP Radar Network in MLIT, Japan
Takeshi Maesaka, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Maki, K. Iwanami, S. Tsuchiya, K. Kieda, and A. Hoshi
Manuscript (2.2 MB)

143
Towards a better use of the time dimension and periodic revisits of near real-time products
Alexandra Anderson-Frey, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and F. Fabry

Handout (3.3 MB)

144
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

148
Monitoring and prediction of torrential tainfall for extreme weather resilient cities
Masayuki Maki, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan; and R. Misumi, S. I. Suzuki, T. Maesaka, A. Kato, T. Kayahara, S. Shimizu, T. Wakatuski, Y. Syusse, K. Hirano, T. Nakatani, K. Iwanami, N. Sakurai, D. S. Kim, M. Ishihara, T. Kobayashi, A. Adachi, O. Suzuki, H. Yamauchi, H. Nakamura, A. Hattori, S. Tuchita, T. Kato, A. Yamaji, Y. Murayama, T. Yoshiwara, Y. Fujiyoshi, Y. Suzuki, T. Ushio, K. Sunada, T. Yamada, H. Nakamori, F. Kobayashi, H. Yokoyama, H. Hiraguchi, S. Kawada, M. Yoshii, A. Togari, M. Goto, K. Otsuka, M. Wada, D. I. Lee, and C. V. Chandra

Handout (3.9 MB) Handout (1.8 MB)

149
Assessing satellite-based rainfall estimates in semi-arid watersheds using the Walnut Gulch gauge network and TRMM-PR
Eyal Amitai, NASA/GSFC and Chapman University, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Unkrich, D. C. Goodrich, E. Habib, and B. Thill
Manuscript (6.5 MB)

150
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation in the French Alps with a dense network of polarimetric X-band radars
Fadela Kabeche, Meteo France, Toulouse, France; and J. Figueras i Ventura, B. Fradon, A. A. Boumahmoud, P. Dupuy, S. Westrelin, and P. Tabary
Manuscript (1.3 MB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

151
Radar bright band correction using the linear depolarization ratio
Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and R. J. Thompson

152
Quantifying the performanceof techniques for identifying clutter
John Nicol, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth, T. Darlington, and J. Sugier

153
Rainfall estimation from VU C-band polarimetric radar measurements
Raquel Evaristo, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and A. Stepanek and T. Bals-Elsholz
Manuscript (561.5 kB)

Handout (2.3 MB)

154
A radar-based flash flood forecasting for the Llobregat river basin in the Catalonia region (Spain)
Felipe Quintero, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain; and E. A. Baltas, P. A. Versini, D. Velasco, M. Berenguer, and D. Sempere-Torres
Manuscript (2.1 MB)

155
Dual-polarization radar observations of heavy rainfall in Finland
Dmitri Moisseev, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Pohjola, V. Chandrasekar, J. Koistinen, T. Lauri, and J. M. Holmes

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