A Physically based identification of vertical profiles of reflectivity from volume scan radar data

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1645-1663

  Kirstetter, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Andrieu, Hervé ^b   Boudevillain, Brice ^c   Delrieu, Guy ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IRSTV FR CNRS 2488   (France)

^c VERIMAG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE; HOMOGENEOUS PRECIPITATION; NON-UNIFORM BEAM FILLINGS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; TEMPORAL CONSISTENCY; VERTICAL PROFILE OF REFLECTIVITIES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; REFLECTION;

RADAR;

KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY;

ARDECHE; CEVENNES; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; VIVARAIS;

EID: 84880696199     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0228.1     Document Type: Article

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