Toward a physically-based identification of vertical profiles of reflectivity from volume scan radar data

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 351, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-200

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

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

France; Kalman filter; Rainfall estimation; Vertical profile of reflectivity

Indexed keywords

FRANCE; MODEL PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; TEMPORAL CONSISTENCY; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL PROFILE OF REFLECTIVITIES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

HYDROLOGY; KALMAN FILTERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR MEASUREMENT;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; SAMPLING;

EID: 84883128530     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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