Automatic identification of storm cells using Doppler radars

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-365

  Hu, Sheng ^a,b   Gu, Songshan ^a   Zhuang, Xudong ^b   Luo, Hui ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Central Meteorological Observatory   (China)

^c Shaanxi Provincial Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Convection index; Fuzzy logic technique; Nucleus extraction; Storm identification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; DETECTION METHOD; DOPPLER RADAR; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; REFLECTIVITY; STORM; SUPERCELL;

EID: 36849046188     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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