Radar refractivity retrievals in Oklahoma: Insights into operational benefits and limitations

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1345-1361

  Heinselman, P L ^a   Cheong, B L ^a   Palmer, R D ^a   Bodine, D ^a   Hondl, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; HIGH RESOLUTION; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; NEAR-SURFACE; OKLAHOMA; OKLAHOMA CITY; OPERATIONAL BENEFITS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; POTENTIAL UTILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR REFRACTIVITY; SURFACE DATA; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

LOCATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR; REFRACTION; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA SET; DOPPLER RADAR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; SOUTH DAKOTA; TWIN LAKES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549185087     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222256.1     Document Type: Article

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