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Weather Radar

Principles and Advanced Applications

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Peter Meischner

    1. Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre Oberpfaffenhofen, DLR, Wessling, Germany

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Part of the book series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments (EARTH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. The State of Weather Radar Operations, Networks and Products

    • Frank Gekat, Peter Meischner, Katja Friedrich, Martin Hagen, Jarmo Koistinen, Daniel B. Michelson et al.
    Pages 1-51

  3. Operational Measurement of Precipitation in Mountainous Terrain

    • Urs Germann, Jürg Joss
    Pages 52-77

  4. Operational Measurement of Precipitation in Cold Climates

    • Jarmo Koistinen, Daniel B. Michelson, Harri Hohti, Markus Peura
    Pages 78-114

  5. Using Radar in Hydrometeorology

    • Christopher Collier, Paul Hardaker
    Pages 115-129

  6. Improved Precipitation Rates and Data Quality by Using Polarimetric Measurements

    • Anthony Illingworth
    Pages 130-166

  7. Understanding Severe Weather Systems Using Doppler and Polarisation Radar

    • Peter Meischner, Nikolai Dotzek, Martin Hagen, Hartmut Höller
    Pages 167-198

  8. Precipitation Measurements from Space

    • Jacques Testud
    Pages 199-234

  9. Radar Sensor Synergy for Cloud Studies; Case Study of Water Clouds

    • Herman Russchenberg, Reinout Boers
    Pages 235-254

  10. Assimilation of Radar Data in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Models

    • Bruce Macpherson, Magnus Lindskog, Véronique Ducrocq, Mathieu Nuret, Gregor Gregorič, Andrea Rossa et al.
    Pages 255-279

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 281-337
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About this book

All aspects of our lives are influenced by the weather and especially severe weather events - such considerations tend to become more pertinent as such weather events may become more frequent with global warming. It is evident that better weather forecasts for the next few hours, days or even weeks have a high economic value for our developed and densely populated world. Ground and air traffic management benefits, as does the construction industry, tourism, agriculture and big outdoor events such as the Olympic games. Weather fore­ casting nowadays relies on numerical weather prediction models. The reliability and accuracy of forecasts however depends not only on the quality and resolution of these models, but to a high degree on the density and quality of input data from observations. Weather radar measurements complement current data such as ground observations and soundings at smaller scales and satellite observations on larger scales. Targeted weather radar measurements additionally give detailed insight into the processes governing the developments of, for example, frontal systems and thunderstorms, which is needed for improving the model quality by comparing the observations with model forecasts. Weather radar observations on their own can be used directly for short-term forecasting, called nowcasting, just by observ­ ing the developments of weather systems some 100 km around and extrapolating the observations with knowledge of their typical behaviour. Finally, with reliable quantitative measurements of area precipitation by radar, flood forecasts will be improved.

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"Meischner’s book successfully merges meteorological and technological aspects of weather radar into a meaningful discourse of theory and application. Weather Radar is an assortment of important radar-related topics … . This is a book for radar engineers and weather radar users … interested in concepts of multispectral analysis or polarization or sensor combinations or severe weather systems … . Sections of the book provide excellent discussions of flood forecasting and precipitation measurements in mountainous terrain or in cold climates." (Randy Steadham, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, November, 2005)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre Oberpfaffenhofen, DLR, Wessling, Germany

    Peter Meischner

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