A study of the error covariance matrix of radar rainfall estimates in stratiform rain

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1085-1101

  Berenguer, Marc ^a,b   Zawadzki, Isztar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS CORRELATIONS; DATA ASSIMILATIONS; DISDROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ERROR COVARIANCE MATRIXES; ERROR STRUCTURES; LARGE DATABASE; MELTING LAYERS; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RADAR DATUM; RADAR RAINFALLS; RAIN RATES; S-BAND RADARS; SIMULATION FRAMEWORKS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTIES; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATIONS; TWO SOURCES; VERTICAL PROFILE OF REFLECTIVITIES;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; DROPS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; REFLECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADAR; RAINFALL; STRATIFORM CLOUD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65549158554     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222134.1     Document Type: Article

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