P2.35
Issues and Advances in WSR-88D Rainfall Estimation of Flash Flood Events in Complex Terrain
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Dong-Jun Seo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. P. Breidenbach, R. A. Fulton, D. A. Miller, and T. D. O'Bannon
Though the national network of WSR-88D's brought tremendous improvement in operational flash flood forecasting in recent years, a number of issues, concerning in particular sampling geometry and microphysics, remain outstanding in WSR-88D rainfall estimation in complex terrain. In this presentation we point out the key scientific and operational issues, describe the ongoing efforts in NWS to improve the accuracy of WSR-88D rainfall estimates, in particular in complex terrain, and suggest, in the context of the current and planned operating environment of WSR-88D and AWIPS, research topics and directions that are potentially of large and immediate impact.
Poster Session 2, Summer Storms (Poster session)
Tuesday, 16 January 2001, 2:30 PM-5:30 PM
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