Improving precipitation estimates from weather radar using quality control and correction techniques
Creators: name: Harrison, DL
name: Driscoll, SJ
name: Kitchen, M
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018002590.html
subject: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084334.html

description: Errors and uncertainty in radar estimates of precipitation result from both errors in the basic measurement of reflectivity and from attempts to relate this to the precipitation falling at the ground. If radar data are to be used to their full potential it is essential that effective measures are taken to mitigate these problems. The automatic processing of radar data which forms part of the UK Met. Office's Nimrod system addresses a number of specific sources of error.
description: Previously curated at: http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/293/ Related identifier for this resource: Observation Based Products. Technical Report No. 13. The publish date on this item was its original completed date. This item was previously associated with content (as an official url) at: http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/data_browser/data_browser/badc/ukmo-nimrod/doc/nimrod_radar_processing.pdf. This work was funded by: The Met Office. Associated projects: NIMROD Main files in this record: nimrod_radar_processing.pdf Item originally deposited with Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) document repository by Ms Belinda Robinson. Transferred to CEDA document repository community on Zenodo on 2022-11-24
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