Parameterization of Weather Radar Data for Use in the Prediction of Storm Motion and Development.
Abstract
Algorithms were developed for the rapid and efficient representation of digital data from a single Doppler weather radar. The data are processed to obtain a number of attributes which describe small convective cells, larger echo areas, and isolated regions of high tangential shear. The data are also processed to provide estimates of the environmental wind velocity profile and the total reflectivity profile. The attributes are obtained to represent the essential information content of the radar data with the fewest possible number of parameters. The attributes were selected to describe the development and motion of severe storms and, in particular, the small convective elements that are viewed as the building blocks of the storm. Attributes were also selected to describe isolated tangential shear maxima to obtain signatures of storm severity. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA052535
Entities
People
- Robert K. Crane