Radar Data Quality Control and Assimilation at the National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT)

Abstract

Study and develop advanced approaches for radar data quality control (QC) and assimilation that will not only optimally utilize Doppler wind information from WSR-88D and Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) but also take full advantage of rapid and flexible agile-beam scans from the phased array radar (PAR) at NWRT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA533020

Entities

People

  • Qin Xu

Organizations

  • Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Arrays
  • Assimilation
  • Doppler Radar
  • Kalman Filters
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Phased Array Radar
  • Phased Arrays
  • Quality Control
  • Radar
  • Radial Velocity
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology