Radar in Operational Meteorology

Thursday, 31 August 2023: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)
Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chair:
Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Studies that aim to improve/modernize, or utilize operational radar including new radar technologies; operational radar calibration; algorithms and products; data exchange and formats; open-source software; impacts of operational radar on weather forecasting; radar climatologies.

Papers:
135
From Solo to HawkEdit: Interactive Processing and Display of Radar Data
Brenda Javornik, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. DesRosiers, B. Klotz, J. C. DeHart, T. Y. Cha, M. M. Bell, M. J. Dixon, and W. C. Lee

Handout (2.2 MB)

136
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement User Facility Radar Facility Operations
Adam Theisen, ANL, Freeport, MN; and J. H. Mather, Y. C. Feng, I. Lindenmaier, A. Matthews, T. Wendler, V. Castro, S. Giangrande, S. M. Collis, K. Johnson, E. Schuman, J. M. Comstock, P. Argay, and T. Houchens

137
Defining and Validating the Minimum Detectable Weather Signal for an X-band Weather Radar System
Pekka Puhakka, Vaisala Oyj, Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland; and M. Marbouti and J. Mäkinen
Manuscript (623.4 kB)

Handout (717.4 kB)

138
Fine structures of the atmosphere and clouds obtained with a WSR-88D
Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and L. Richardson

139
A Performance Evaluation of Sea Clutter and Chaff Classes for the WSR-88D Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm
James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett, M. F. Donovan, A. Millard, M. J. Istok, and T. J. Clark

140
Towards a single global standard for polar weather radar data representation with FM301 – CfRadial2
Mark Curtis, Bureau of Meteorology, Chirnside Park, VIC, Australia; and M. J. Dixon, D. Michelson, and P. Rodriguez

141
An Update on the Operational Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor QPE
Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Tang, S. B. Cocks, A. Osborne, and C. Langston

Handout (12.2 MB)

142
Opportunistic Weather Sensing with Phased Array Base Stations
Zhican Chen, Rice University; and K. Vijay Mishra and A. Sabharwal
Manuscript (28.8 kB)

Handout (2.8 MB)

143
OPERA5 – Updates of the European Operational Radar Exchange
Annakaisa von Lerber, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Goreta, G. Haase, M. Jurašek, P. Karsisto, S. Klink, M. Koutek, H. Leijnse, V. Meyer, C. Mueller, T. Nicolau, S. Park, M. Peura, M. Radojevic, K. Stephan, L. Tuechler, and B. Vodaric Surija

144
Double moment normalization of hail size distributions and retrieval of its moments from polarimetric radar measurements
Alfonso Ferrone, LTE, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and M. Gabella, U. M. Germann, and A. Berne

Handout (4.6 MB) Handout (4.6 MB)

145
WMO Guide to Operational Weather Radar Best Practices – progress and plans
Daniel Michelson, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada; and M. Curtis, T. Kane, H. Yamauchi, T. Einfalt, M. Hagen, M. J. Istok, W. Kong, D. Rinderknecht, B. Rohrdantz, P. Rossi, and A. von Lerber

146
Radar Observations of a Prescribed Fire
Jie Sun, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. M. Loria-Salazar, K. Speer, M. D. Williams, D. Schvartzman, T. Y. Yu, and M. A. Nelson

149
Towards improving the Clutter Mitigation Decision algorithm in the WSR-88D radars
Scott M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris and J. C. Hubbert

150
Characterizing the raining systems observed in the metropolitan area of São Paulo – Brazil
Carlos A. Morales, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and A. S. Viteri Lopez and Y. M. B. Ramírez

151
Six years of polarimetric C-band radar data from three sites in Germany and five sites in Türkiye
Julian Alberto Giles, University of Bonn, Bonn, NW, Germany; and K. Mühlbauer, K. Öztürk, and S. Troemel

152
Evaluation of Radar based Nowcast on Convective Systems over United Arab Emirates
Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, E. Kim, L. Delle Monache, D. Axisa, E. Damiani, H. Al Hamadi, and M. Abououf

153
ARM radar data quality and characteristics of the TRACER field experiment
Ya-Chien Feng, PNNL, Richland, WA; and A. Matthews, M. Deng, K. Johnson, and J. M. Comstock

154
ROC/NSSL Radar Product Improvement: An R2O Success Story
Larry J. Hopper Jr., NSSL, Norman, OK; National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK; and M. J. Istok and T. J. Schuur

155
X-band Operational Weather Radar Network for Early Warnings of Rainfall/Snowfall Disasters
Michihiro Teshiba, Weathernews Inc, Chiba, Chiba, Japan; and D. Abe

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