Can Lagrangian extrapolation of radar fields be used for precipitation nowcasting over complex Alpine orography?

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-49

  Mandapaka, Pradeep V ^a   Germann, Urs ^a   Panziera, Luca ^a   Hering, Alessandro ^a  

^a MeteoSwiss ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forecast verification; Forecasting techniques; Nowcasting; Orographic effects; Semi Lagrangian models

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; EULERIAN; EXTRAPOLATION SCHEMES; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAGRANGIAN; LEAD TIME; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RADAR ECHOES; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN MODELS; SHORT-TERM FORECASTING; SMALL-SCALE MODELING; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SUMMER RAINFALL; VERIFICATION RESULTS;

EXTRAPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL;

ALPINE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857262486     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00050.1     Document Type: Article

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