Classification of precipitation types during transitional winter weather using the RUC model and polarimetric radar retrievals

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 763-779

  Schuur, Terry J ^a,b   Park, Hyang Suk ^c   Ryzhkov, Alexander V ^a,b   Reeves, Heather D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Ice particles; Radars Radar observations

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; DRY SNOW; FREEZING RAIN; HYDROMETEOR CLASSIFICATION; ICE PARTICLES; ICE PELLETS; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MODEL OUTPUTS; OKLAHOMA; POLARIMETRIC RADAR OBSERVATION; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RADAR BRIGHT BAND; RAPID UPDATE CYCLE MODELS; REFREEZING; RUC MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC INFORMATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER EVENTS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER; WET-BULB;

ALGORITHMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADAR; RAIN; SNOW; THERMODYNAMICS;

POLARIMETERS;

ALGORITHM; DOPPLER RADAR; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84861744371     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-091.1     Document Type: Article

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