Improving the nowcasting of precipitation in an Alpine region with an enhanced radar echo tracking algorithm

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 46-68

  Mecklenburg, S ^a   Joss, J ^b   Schmid, W ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross correlation method; Nowcasting; Quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF); Tracking algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; EXTRAPOLATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR IMAGING; TRACKING (POSITION);

CROSS CORRELATION METHOD; NOWCASTING PRECIPITATION; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; TRACKING ALGORITHM;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY;

EID: 0034694920     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00352-8     Document Type: Article

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