Use of radar data in NWP-Based nowcasting in the Met Office

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 351, Issue , 2012, Pages 336-341

  Ballard, Susan ^a   Li, Zhihong ^a   Simonin, David ^a   Buttery, Helen ^a   Charlton Perez, Cristina ^a   Gaussiat, Nicolas ^b   Hawkness Smith, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler winds; Flood forecasting; Nowcasting; NWP; Radar; Reflectivity; UK; Variational data assimilation

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER WINDS; FLOOD FORECASTING; NOWCASTING; NWP; UK; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

DOPPLER RADAR; FLOODS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR; REFLECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; FLOOD FORECASTING; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84883057516     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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