A comparison of WSR-88D storm total precipitation performance during two tropical systems following changes to the multiplicative bias and upper reflectivity threshold

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 459-471

  Glitto, Peggy ^a   Choy, Barry ^b  

^a NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN GAGES; STORMS;

MULTIPLICATIVE BIAS; STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION (STP); UPPER REFLECTIVITY THRESHOLD;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

RADAR; RAINFALL MEASUREMENT; TROPICAL STORM GORDON; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

USA, FLORIDA, MELBOURNE;

EID: 0031225038     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0459:ACOWST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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