Radar rainfall estimates of the Buffalo Creek flash flood using WSR-88D and polarimetric radar data

Edward A. Brandes; Jothram Vivekanandan; James W. Wilson

Radar rainfall estimates of the Buffalo Creek flash flood using WSR-88D and polarimetric radar data

Edward A. Brandes, Jothram Vivekanandan, James W. Wilson

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National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Abstract

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has begun a comprehensive program to improve radar reflectivity-based techniques and to evaluate the utility of polarimetric observations for estimating rainfall. Real-time radar estimates of rainfall were made using radar reflectivity (Z_H), differential reflectivity (Z_DR), and specific differential phase reflectivity (K_DP). Data used are from a large thunderstorm that struck the mountain community of Buffalo Creek, Colorado with copious hail and heavy rain of July 13, 1996.

Original language	English
Pages	123-124
Number of pages	2
State	Published - 1997
Event	Proceedings of the 1997 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology - Austin, TX, USA Duration: Sep 7 1997 → Sep 12 1997

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Conference	Proceedings of the 1997 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology
City	Austin, TX, USA
Period	09/7/97 → 09/12/97

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Radar rainfall estimates of the Buffalo Creek flash flood using WSR-88D and polarimetric radar data

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