Session: Precipitation & Hydrologic Applications (Operational): Operational & Networks (36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013))

Thursday, 19 September 2013: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs:

Daniel Sempere-Torres, Centre de Recerca Aplicada en Hidrometeorologia, Barcelona and Richard L. Ice, US Air Force, Norman, OK

Papers:

359

Coexistence of meteorological radars and wind farms: successful operational stories

Daniel Sempere-Torres, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer and I. Zawadzki

Handout (742.1 kB)

360

An Error-Based Selection Criterion to Mitigate the Effects of C-Band Attenuation in the UK Radar Composite

Caroline Sandford, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and N. Gaussiat

Handout (726.7 kB)

361

Recent Improvements to the Quality Control of Radar Data for the OPERA Data Centre (Odyssey)

R.W. Scovell, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and N. Gaussiat, S. Matthews, B. Urban, M. P. Mittermaier, D. B. Michelson, P. Tabary, K. Bouyer, M. Martet, and D. Idziorek

Manuscript (2.1 MB)

Handout (1.8 MB)

362

Improving 3-D reflectivity radar mosaics using an inverse method

Marc Berenguer, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and J. Roca-Sancho and D. Sempere-Torres

Handout (5.7 MB)

363

Hydrometeor Classification and Quantitative Precipitation Estimation from Quality Assured Radar Data for the DWD Polarimetric C-Band Weather Radar Network

Jörg Steinert, DWD, Offenbach, Germany; and M. Werner and P. Tracksdorf

Handout (968.4 kB)

364

OPERA 4 - The new phase of Operational Weather Radar Network in Europe

Elena Saltikoff, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Leijnse and P. Novak

Manuscript (699.5 kB)

365

Operational utilisation of polarimetric C-Band weather radar measurements at Deutscher Wetterdienst: The Project "Radarmassnahmen"

Patrick Tracksdorf, DWD, Offenbach am Main, Germany; and N. Rathmann, M. Werner, J. Steinert, and M. Frech

366

Rad4alp, The new Swiss Doppler polarimetric weather radar network: Data quality and first results

Jordi Figueras i Ventura, MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland; and U. Germann

Manuscript (345.2 kB)

Handout (274.4 kB)

367

Weather Radar Specific Data User Requirements for Canadian Network Design

368

WSR-88D Program Data Quality and Efficiency Enhancements - Plans and Status

Richard L. Ice, US Air Force, Norman, OK; and J. N. Chrisman, J. G. Cunningham, W. D. Zittel, S. D. Smith, O. E. Boydstun, R. D. Cook, and A. K. Heck

Manuscript (3.0 MB)

Handout (315.7 kB)

369

Evaluation of polarimetric Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Products obtained with the French operational X-, C- and S-band polarimetric radars

Abdel-Amin Boumahmoud, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and B. Fradon, H. Al-Sakka, and P. Tabary

370

Next generation of weather radar for the UK C-band national radar network

Jacqueline Sugier, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and T. Darlington, M. Edwards, V. Lissaman, R. Riley, and K. Norman

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