Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrology

Monday, 28 August 2023: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)
Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chair:
Ali Tokay, NASA, Greenbelt, MD

Use of polarimetric, scanning, and vertically pointing radar in QPE for both liquid and non-liquid precipitation; multi-frequency and multi-sensor (radar, lidar/gauge/disdrometer/microwave link) approaches to rain and snow estimation; radar-based precipitation phase algorithms.

Sponsored by EWR Radar Systems

Papers:
Poster 46 is now Paper 16B.6A

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Validation and Intercomparison of Rain Rate Retrievals using the S-Pol Radar during PRECIP
Ian C Cornejo, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Rowe, U. Romatschke, and M. J. Dixon

48
Impact of WSR-88D MESO-SAILS Usage on MRMS-based Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Accuracy
James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. F. Donovan, J. Y. N. Cho, and B. J. Bennett

49
An Open-Source Python Package to Integrate and Analyze Precipitation Datasets
Charanjit Singh Pabla, SSAI, Wallops island, VA; and D. B. Wolff, J. L. Pippitt, M. J. Boulanger, and S. M. Wingo

Handout (3.5 MB)

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Computation of Rain Rates in Areas of Wind Farms
Pengfei Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; CIMMS, Norman, OK; NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and A. V. Ryzhkov

53
Analysis of the Reflections of Dual-pol Radar Beam from Skyscrapers
Pengfei Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and K. Howard

55
Operational implementation of a random forest approach to derive quantitative precipitation estimation with measurements from the Swiss polarimetric radar network
Rebecca Gugerli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; METEOSWISS, Locarno-Monti, Ticino, Switzerland; and D. Wolfensberger, M. Gabella, M. Boscacci, U. M. Germann, and A. Berne

Handout (5.4 MB)

56
Sub-grid peaks in localized intense rain events using high-resolution operational radar data in Switzerland
Adrien Liernur, Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; and M. Gabella, U. M. Germann, and A. Berne

57
You’re using radars for what!?! Measuring hydrologic responses
Jonathan J. Gourley, NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Howard, D. Wasielewski, Y. Derin, P. Kirstetter, J. A. Duarte, H. Vergara, M. A. Wagner, J. Fulton, and L. Hempel

58
Heavy rainfall in complex terrain: A view from space
Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University, Longmont, CO; and K. L. Rasmussen, H. Yu, S. A. Rutledge, and M. M. Bell

59
RFC & WFO QPE ANALYSIS & CHALLENGES FOR FLOOD FORECASTING
Shawn DeVinny, National Weather Service- North Central River Forecast Center; and E. Ahasic

60
Evaluating the QPE of a dual polarization S band weather radar in Brazil
Yusvelis Maribel Barzaga Ramírez, Instituto de Astronomia, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. Morales

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