Scale filtering for improved nowcasting performance in a high-resolution X-band radar network

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2296-2307

  Ruzanski, Evan ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^b  

^a Vaisala Inc USA   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete Fourier transforms (DFTs); linear systems; meteorological radar; prediction methods; wavelet transforms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SENSING; ADAPTIVE WAVELETS; COARSER RESOLUTION; DOPPLER; EFFECTS OF SCALE; FOURIER COEFFICIENTS; FOURIER-FILTERING; HIGH RESOLUTION; LEADTIME; LIQUID WATER; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MEASUREMENT RANGE; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PREDICTION METHODS; PREDICTION MODEL; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SPATIAL FILTERS; WEATHER PREDICTION; WEATHER RADARS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR; X-BAND RADARS;

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR CORRECTION; FILTER; FOURIER TRANSFORM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LINEARITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR ALTIMETRY; WAVELENGTH; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79957636564     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2103946     Document Type: Article

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