A GIS-based methodology for the assessment of weather radar beam blockage in mountainous regions: Two examples from the US NEXRAD network

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-302

  Krajewski, Witold F ^a   Ntelekos, Alexandros A ^a,b   Goska, Radosław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam blockage; GIS; NEXRAD; Radar remote sensing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMETRY; MAPS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING;

BEAM BLOCKAGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADAR (NEXRAD); PRECIPITATION MAPS; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION (POD); RADAR REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMETRY; MAPS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING;

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; RADAR IMAGERY;

EID: 30844456586     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.06.024     Document Type: Article

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