Adaptive Radar Data Quality Control and Ensemble-Based Assimilation for Analyzing and Forecasting High-Impact Weather

Abstract

The long-term goal is to 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. The objective is to develop advanced methodologies for radar velocity data QC and assimilation that will not only optimally utilize observations from operational Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (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 the National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA574581

Entities

People

  • Qin Xu

Organizations

  • University of Oklahoma

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Assimilation
  • Climate Change
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Compression
  • Delphi Method
  • Doppler Radar
  • Flow
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Phased Array Radar
  • Phased Arrays
  • Quality Control
  • Radar
  • Radial Velocity
  • Terrain Following
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology