TESTING OF MULTIPLE-DOPPLER ANALYSIS PROCEDURES FROM THE SYNTHESIS OF SIMULATED RADAR SCANS.

The synthesis of three-dimensional wind fields from multiple Doppler radar data has revolutionized the study of deep convection. As the application of these data and other derived quantities are extended to more detailed studies, understanding the source and magnitude of errors becomes increasingly important. Expected error propagation from the statistical uncertainty of the individual velocity measurements has been examined for the two radar cases. To further our understanding of the source and propagation of error, the authors impose known errors on proxy radar data generated by artificially scanning fields from a numerical model of deep convection. The synthesized fields are then compared to the model fields. Refs.