The Analysis and Prediction of Microphysical States and Polarimetric Radar Variables in a Mesoscale Convective System Using Double-Moment Microphysics, Multinetwork Radar Data, and the Ensemble Kalman Filter

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-162

  Putnam, Bryan J ^a,b   Xue, Ming ^b,c   Jung, Youngsun ^c   Snook, Nathan ^c   Zhang, Guifu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; POLARIMETRIC VARIABLE; PRECIPITATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; KALMAN FILTERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PHYSICS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER RADAR; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892471913     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00042.1     Document Type: Article

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