Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2015 · 657 citations · 40 references
Natural SciencesMeteorologyNumerical Weather PredictionSensor FusionWeather ForecastingPrecipitationPrecipitation EstimationPrecipitation ForecastingRadar InstrumentationRadar Signal ProcessingRainfall MeasurementMulti-radar Data FusionMultisource Data FusionQuantitative Precipitation EstimationRadar Estimation Of PrecipitationRadar Mosaic GenerationRadar Precipitation EstimationRadar-based Precipitation EstimationRadar-based Rainfall Estimation
Abstract Rapid advancements of computer technologies in recent years made the real-time transferring and integration of high-volume, multisource data at a centralized location a possibility. The Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) system recently implemented at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction demonstrates such capabilities by integrating about 180 operational weather radars from the conterminous United States and Canada into a seamless national 3D radar mosaic with very high spatial (1 km) and temporal (2 min) resolution. The radar data can be integrated with high-resolution numerical weather prediction model data, satellite data, and lightning and rain gauge observations to generate a suite of severe weather and quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) products. This paper provides an overview of the initial operating capabilities of MRMS QPE products.
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The WSR-88D Rainfall Algorithm
Richard Fulton, Jay P. Breidenbach, Dong-Jun Seo et al. · Weather and Forecasting · 1998 · 979 citations