A polarimetric radar forward operator for model evaluation

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3202-3220

  Pfeifer, Monika ^a   Craig, G C ^a   Hagen, M ^a   Keil, C ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM BENDING; BEAM PROPAGATION EFFECTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYDROMETEOR CLASSIFICATIONS; ICE PHASE; INPUT PARAMETERS; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; MODEL EVALUATIONS; MODEL PHYSICS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; NWP MODELS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR OBSERVATIONS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS; SCATTERING CODES; SCATTERING PROCESS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATIONS; SYSTEMATIC MODELS; T MATRIXES; TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CLOUDS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MATRIX; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65249089797     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1793.1     Document Type: Article

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