A method for using weather radar data to test cloud resolving models

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-432

  May, Peter T ^a   Lane, Todd P ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Model validation with radar; Model verification using radar; Weather radar for clouds

Indexed keywords

RAIN; REFLECTION;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODEL SIMULATIONS; MODEL VALIDATION; MODEL VERIFICATION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SIMPLE METHOD; TROPICAL ISLAND; WEATHER RADAR DATA;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADAR; THUNDERSTORM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 70349423779     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.150     Document Type: Article

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