Weather Radar: Principles and Advanced Applications

✍ Scribed by Frank Gekat, Peter Meischner, Katja Friedrich, Martin Hagen (auth.), Dr. Peter Meischner (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 351
• Series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Weather radar systems provide data necessary for the understanding of weather systems, improved forecasts (especially critical for severe weather), hydrological applications, flood warnings and also for climate research in which ground verification is needed for global precipitation measurements by satellites. This book offers an accessible overview of advanced methods, applications and modern research from the European perspective. An extensive introductory chapter summarizes the principles of weather radars and discusses the potential of modern radar systems, including Doppler and polarisation techniques, data processing, and error-correction methods. Addressing both specialist researchers and nonspecialists from related areas, this book will also be useful for graduate students wishing to specialize in this field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
The State of Weather Radar Operations, Networks and Products....Pages 1-51
Operational Measurement of Precipitation in Mountainous Terrain....Pages 52-77
Operational Measurement of Precipitation in Cold Climates....Pages 78-114
Using Radar in Hydrometeorology....Pages 115-129
Improved Precipitation Rates and Data Quality by Using Polarimetric Measurements....Pages 130-166
Understanding Severe Weather Systems Using Doppler and Polarisation Radar....Pages 167-198
Precipitation Measurements from Space....Pages 199-234
Radar Sensor Synergy for Cloud Studies; Case Study of Water Clouds....Pages 235-254
Assimilation of Radar Data in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Models....Pages 255-279
Back Matter....Pages 281-337

✦ Subjects

Geophysics/Geodesy;Atmospheric Sciences;Measurement Science and Instrumentation;Environmental Physics;Ecotoxicology