Sampling strategies for tornado and mesocyclone detection using dynamically adaptive Doppler radars: A simulation study

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 492-507

  Proud, Jessica L ^a,c   Droegemeier, Kelvin K ^a   Wood, Vincent T ^b   Brown, Rodger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Renaissance Computing Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SAMPLINGS; ADAPTIVE SENSING; ANALYTIC MODELS; BEAM WIDTHS; BEST FITS; CLOSE RANGES; DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS; DUAL POLARIZATIONS; ELEVATION ANGLES; END USERS; FALSE ALARM RATIOS; HIGH-POWER; LARGE PARTS; LARGE REGIONS; LEAD-TIME; LOW ALTITUDES; LOW-POWER; LOWER ATMOSPHERES; MESOCYCLONE DETECTIONS; MULTIPLE TARGETS; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; NEGATIVE BEAMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTERS; PROCESSING TIME; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR TECHNOLOGIES; SAMPLING INTERVALS; SAMPLING RESOLUTIONS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SEVERE STORMS; SIMULATION STUDIES; WEATHER EVENTS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

ALARM SYSTEMS; DOPPLER RADAR; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MODELS; RADAR; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

TORNADOES;

AZIMUTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; DOPPLER RADAR; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65549115516     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1087.1     Document Type: Article

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