Brightband identification based on vertical profiles of reflectivity from the WSR-88D

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1859-1872

  Zhang, Jian ^a,b   Langston, Carrie ^a   Howard, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND LAYERS; BRIGHT BANDS; DATA ASSIMILATIONS; DATA SETS; EVALUATION RESULTS; FREEZING LEVELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATIONS; VERTICAL PROFILES; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

REFLECTION;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; REFLECTIVITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 58049123764     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1039.1     Document Type: Article

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