Simulations of polarimetric radar signatures of a supercell storm using a two-moment bulk microphysics scheme

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-163

  Jung, Youngsun ^a   Xue, Ming ^a   Zhang, Guifu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MICROPHYSICS; CONTINUOUS MELTING; CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION NWP; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; NWP MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; SCATTERING CALCULATIONS; SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; SUPERCELL STORMS; T-MATRIX METHOD; TRAINING TOOLS; WEATHER RADARS;

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FREQUENCY BANDS; MELTING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PHYSICS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADAR SIMULATORS; REFLECTION; SIMULATORS; STORMS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORM; SUPERCELL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77953049620     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2178.1     Document Type: Article

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