Chain of data quality algorithms for 3-D single-polarization radar reflectivity (RADVOL-QC system)

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 256-270

  Ośródka, Katarzyna ^a   Szturc, Jan ^a   Jurczyk, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Quality control; Reflectivity; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REFLECTION;

BLOCKAGE CORRECTION; CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; DATA CORRECTIONS; DATA UNCERTAINTY; MEASUREMENT NOISE; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SINGLE POLARIZATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84898831421     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1323     Document Type: Article

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