Using dual-polarized radar and dual-frequency profiler for DSD characterization: A case study from Darwin, Australia

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2107-2122

  Bringi, V N ^a   Williams, C R ^b   Thurai, M ^a   May, P T ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANTING ANGLE; CONVECTIVE RAIN; DISDROMETER DATA; DROP SHAPE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DUAL FREQUENCY; DUAL-POLARIZED; ENSEMBLE STATISTICS; INDEXING SCHEME; INDEXING TECHNIQUES; MONSOON REGIMES; PLAN POSITION INDICATORS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; PRE-MONSOON; PREDICTED ERROR; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN RATES; RAIN TYPE; SCATTER PLOTS; SCATTERING SIMULATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; TWO-REGIME;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KINEMATICS; MONSOON; PROFILER; RADAR; RAINFALL; SIMULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 72249108668     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1258.1     Document Type: Article

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