Spatially variable advection correction of radar data. Part II: Test results

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3457-3470

  Shapiro, Alan ^a   Willingham, Katherine M ^a   Potvin, Corey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Algorithm; Error analysis; Numerical analysis modeling; Radar Radar observations; Supercells; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

BODY VORTICES; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; OKLAHOMA; PLAN POSITION INDICATORS; RADAR DATA; RADAR/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SUPER CELL; SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS; TERMINAL DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS; TEST RESULTS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR; REFLECTION; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES;

ADVECTION;

DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 78649483136     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3466.1     Document Type: Article

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