A numerical method to generate high temporal resolution precipitation time series by combining weather radar measurements with a nowcast model

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Nielsen, Jesper E ^a   Thorndahl, Søren ^a   Rasmussen, Michael R ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Laser disdrometers; Quantitative precipitation estimates; Temporal interpolation of radar data; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

DISDROMETERS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTERPOLATED PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES; RADAR DATA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS;

ADVECTION; INTERPOLATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

INTERPOLATION; LASER METHOD; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84887641165     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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