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Improving operational radar rainfall estimates using profiler observations over complex terrain in Northern California / Haonan Chen in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 58 n° 3 (March 2020)  

Public [article]  inIEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing > vol 58 n° 3 (March 2020) . - pp 1821 - 1832 Titre : Improving operational radar rainfall estimates using profiler observations over complex terrain in Northern California Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Haonan Chen, Auteur ; Robert Cifelli, Auteur ; Allen White, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 1821 - 1832 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image radar et applications [Termes IGN] Californie (Etats-Unis) [Termes IGN] correction d'image [Termes IGN] données radar [Termes IGN] erreur d'approximation [Termes IGN] faisceau [Termes IGN] montagne [Termes IGN] orographie [Termes IGN] précipitation [Termes IGN] prévision météorologique [Termes IGN] télédétection en hyperfréquence [Termes IGN] télédétection réflective [Termes IGN] visée verticale Résumé : (Auteur) Quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) using operational weather radars in the western United States is still a challenging issue due to the beam blockage in the mountainous areas and complex rainfall microphysics induced by the orographic enhancement. This article aims to improve operational radar rainfall estimates in complex terrain by incorporating auxiliary remote sensing observations. An innovative vertical profile of reflectivity (VPR) correction scheme is developed for operational radar using observations from multiple vertically pointing profilers to represent the vertical structure of precipitation at various locations. A demonstration study in the Russian River basin in Northern California is detailed. Results show that the QPE performance is significantly improved after VPR correction, and this new VPR correction approach is superior to the conventional approach currently applied in the operational radar rainfall system. The normalized standard error of hourly rainfall estimates for the two precipitation events presented in this article is improved by ~20% after applying the proposed VPR correction scheme. Numéro de notice : A2020-090 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2949214 Date de publication en ligne : 12/11/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2019.2949214 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94664 [article]