Attenuation correction and hydrometeor classification of high-resolution, X-band, dual-polarized mobile radar measurements in severe convective storms

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1979-2001

  Snyder, Jeffrey C ^a   Bluestein, Howard B ^a   Zhang, Guifu ^a   Frasier, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Radars radar observations; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; COMMONLY USED; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS; DUAL-FREQUENCY METHODS; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; DUAL-POLARIZED; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROMETEOR CLASSIFICATION; NARROW BEAMS; RADAR WAVELENGTH; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER; X BANDS; X-BAND RADARS;

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; FUZZY LOGIC; MOBILE ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; STORM;

EID: 78650984186     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1356.1     Document Type: Article

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