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| 109 | TITAN: Thunderstorm identification, tracking, analysis, and nowcasting – A radar-based methodology. - Dixon, Wiener - 1993 |
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Nimrod: A system for generating automated very short range forecasts,
- Golding
- 1998
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Citation Context ...ing the primary nowcast tool. The NCAR Autonowcaster showed promise in forecasting storm evolution when boundaries were present (Wilson et al. 2003).sThe UK Meteorological Office demonstrated NIMRODs(=-=Golding 1998-=-) a 0-6h nowcasting system that is asblend of radar echo extrapolation and numerical modelsprecipitation nowcasts. For the shorter time periods thesprimary weight is given to extrapolation of the exis... |
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On the extraction of near-surface index of refraction using radar phase measurements from ground targets.
- Fabry, Frush, et al.
- 1997
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Citation Context ... was the use of radarsrefractivity measurements to map the near surfacesdistribution of water vapor with a time and spacesresolution never before realized. The techniquesdeveloped by Fabry of McGill (=-=Fabry et al 1997-=-) hassbeen installed on two research radars and can relativelyseasily be installed on the national network of WSR88D’s and TDWR’s. Fig 5a shows a sample of thesrefractivity field obtained from the NCA... |
| 49 | Recovery of threedimensional wind and temperature fields from simulated singleDoppler radar data - Flicker, Lilly - 1991 |
| 45 |
Nowcasting thunderstorms: A status report;
- Wilson, Crook, et al.
- 1998
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Citation Context ...of the forecast.sHistorically nowcasting has been almost exclusivelysbased on the extrapolation of radar echoes, satellitesimagery of clouds and/or lightning location data. Studies (Browning 1980 and =-=Wilson et al. 1998-=-) havesconsistently shown that the accuracy of extrapolationsnowcasts decreases very rapidly with time, particularlysduring the first hour. The rate of decline is often closelysrelated to the scale of... |
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Initiation of convective storms at radar-observed boundary-layer convergence lines.
- Wilson, Schreiber
- 1986
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Citation Context ...effect on storm initiation was pioneeredsby Purdom (1976) and collaborators. The developmentsof Doppler weather radars and their ability to observesthe clear-air boundary layer extended this insight (=-=Wilson and Schreiber 1986-=-). These new observing toolssmade it clear that thunderstorm initiation was not a random process in an environment ripe for convectionsrather it was frequently location-specific triggered bysboundarie... |
| 38 | Real-time low-level wind and temperature analysis using single WSR-88D data, - Sun, Crook - 2001 |
| 31 | Retrieval of model initial fields from single-Doppler observations of a supercell thunderstorm. Part II: thermodynamic retrieval and numerical prediction. Monthly weather review - Weygandt, Shapiro, et al. |
| 27 | Some uses of high resolution GOES imagery in the mesoscale forecasting of convection and its behavior. - Purdom - 1976 |
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The Integrated Terminal Weather System
- Evans, Ducot
- 1994
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Citation Context ...ystems for the aviation community. Theresare four airports across the U.S. where MIT-LincolnsLaboratory has installed for operational testing thesIntegrated Terminal Weather Information Systems(ITWS; =-=Evans and Ducot 1994-=-). Thunderstorm 0-1hsnowcasts are made based on the extrapolation of radarsechoes. During the past year Lincoln Laboratory hassbeen conducting a demonstration project where 1 ands2h nowcast products f... |
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National Weather Service warning performance based on the WSR-88D.
- Polger, Goldsmith, et al.
- 1994
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Citation Context ...thms forscalculating storm tracks, detecting hail, mesocyclones,stornadoes, and damaging winds and interactive displaysof data and products. Severe storm warnings havesshown significant improvements (=-=Polger et al. 1994-=-)slargely due to these radar tools and forecaster training.s1 Heuristic is defined here as forecast rules based onsexperiment, numerical simulations, theory andsforecaster rules of thumb.sThe internat... |
| 11 | An evaluation of extrapolation techniques for the short-term prediction of rain amounts. - Tsonis, Austin - 1981 |
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An integrated radar-satellite nowcasting system
- Browning, Collier
- 1982
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Citation Context .... In the early 1980’ssthe U.K. Meteorological Office implemented asprecipitation nowcasting system that utilized radar andssatellite data as well as forecaster input to edit data andsmodify nowcasts (=-=Browning and Collier 1982-=-).sSubsequently a number of countries have implementedssimilar operational systems; the U.S. National WeathersService is a notable exception.sAs already indicated the accuracy of nowcasts, particularl... |
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Overview of the Warning Decision Supp[ort System
- Eilts
- 1997
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Citation Context ...g tools as is thescase in European countries. Two systems that are proving very effective for severe storm warnings within thesU.S. National Weather Service are WDSS (WarningsDecision Support System (=-=Eilts 1997-=-) and AWIPSs(Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System).sThese systems provide a suite of algorithms forscalculating storm tracks, detecting hail, mesocyclones,stornadoes, and damaging winds and ... |
| 6 | Severe thunderstorm radar echo motion and related weather events hazardous to aviation operations - Barclay, Wilk - 1970 |
| 6 | Simulation of a midlatitude convective storm initialized with bistatic Doppler radar data - Montmerle, Caya, et al. - 2001 |
| 5 | 2003: An overview of the International H2O Project (IHOP_2002) and some preliminary highlights - Lemone, Flamant, et al. |
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Local weather forecasting.
- Browning
- 1980
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Citation Context ...ity and shortness of the forecast.sHistorically nowcasting has been almost exclusivelysbased on the extrapolation of radar echoes, satellitesimagery of clouds and/or lightning location data. Studies (=-=Browning 1980-=- and Wilson et al. 1998) havesconsistently shown that the accuracy of extrapolationsnowcasts decreases very rapidly with time, particularlysduring the first hour. The rate of decline is often closelys... |
| 3 | Assesment of NEXRAD Coverage and Associated Weather Services. National Academy - Council - 1995 |
| 2 | The evaluation of two years of real time operation of a short-term precipitation forecasting procedure - Bellon, Austin - 1978 |
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Computer program for calculating average lengths of weather radar echoes and pattern bandedness
- Kessler
- 1966
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Citation Context ...predictsthunderstorms is fifty years old (Ligda 1953). Thesperiod between 1960 and 1980 was very active insdeveloping and testing extrapolation techniques. Twostechniques emerged: the “area tracker” (=-=Kessler 1966-=-)sand “cell tracker” (Barkley and Wilk 1970). For thesarea tracker, the computer was used to cross correlatesradar reflectivity images separated in time to find thesmotion. Originally one vector was d... |
| 2 | One-hour forecasts of radar-estimated rainfall by an extrapolative-statistical method - Kitzmiller - 1996 |
| 2 | A pattern-recognition technique for use with conventional weather radar to determine internal storm motions - Rineheart - 1981 |
| 1 | 2003: The use of an evaporative scheme in a boundary-layer model for real-time 4D-VAR radar data assimilation and forecasting of convergence lines - Caya, Crook, et al. |
| 1 | Coauthors 2003: Convective storm nowcast system, Wea Forecasting, 18, in press - Mueller |
| 1 | 2003: An analysis of the radar refractivity retrieval during IHOP_2002 - Pettet, Weckwerth, et al. |
