The hydrometeor classification algorithm for the polarimetric WSR-88D: Description and application to an MCS

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 730-748

  Park, Hyang Suk ^a   Ryzhkov, Alexander V ^b   Zrnic D S ^c   Kim, Kyung Eak ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION POWER; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; ERROR SOURCES; HYDROMETEOR CLASSIFICATION; MATRIX; MELTING LAYERS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; OKLAHOMA; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; POLARIMETRIC VARIABLE; RADAR ECHOES; SYSTEM-BASED; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

CLOUDS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; STORMS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY;

EID: 69949139943     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222205.1     Document Type: Article

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