Performance of the hail differential reflectivity (HDR) polarimetric radar hail indicator

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1290-1301

  Depue, Tracy K ^a   Kennedy, Patrick C ^b   Rutledge, Steven A ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; RAIN; STORMS;

DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY PARAMETER; HAILSTORMS; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO (LDR); POLARIMETRIC RADAR;

METEOROLOGY;

CORRELATION; GPS; HAIL; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; STORM;

EID: 34548612516     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2529.1     Document Type: Article

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