Freezing drizzle detection with WSR-88D radars

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-60

  Ikeda, Kyoko ^a,b   Rasmussen, Roy M ^a   Brandes, Edward ^a   McDonough, Frank ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION ALGORITHMS; FEATURE PARAMETERS; FUZZY-LOGIC; GLOBAL STANDARDS; HAZARD DETECTIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADAR RETURNS; SURFACE PRECIPITATIONS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FREEZING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REFLECTION; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; DOPPLER RADAR; DRIZZLE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65349143909     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1939.1     Document Type: Article

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