Performance evaluation of high-resolution rainfall estimation by X-band dual-polarization radar for flash flood applications in mountainous basins

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 4-16

  Anagnostou, Marios N ^a   Kalogiros, John ^b   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a,c   Tarolli, Michele ^d   Papadopoulos, Anastasios ^a   Borga, Marco ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bright band; Dual polarization; Flash flood; High resolution; Mountainous basins; Rainfall estimation; Vertical profile of reflectivity (VPR); X band

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT BAND; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; FLASH FLOOD; HIGH-RESOLUTION; MOUNTAINOUS BASINS; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE OF REFLECTIVITIES; X-BAND;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STORMS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLASH FLOOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REFLECTIVITY; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 78049319345     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.026     Document Type: Article

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