VPR correction of bright band effects in radar QPEs using polarimetric radar observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3627-3633

  Qi, Youcun ^a,b   Zhang, Jian ^c   Zhang, Pengfei ^a   Cao, Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIMETERS; REFLECTION; STORMS;

COPOLAR CORRELATION; CORRECTION SCHEMES; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; POLARIMETRIC RADAR OBSERVATION; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; VERTICAL PROFILE OF REFLECTIVITIES;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84881112925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50364     Document Type: Article

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