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Operational monitoring of rainfall over the Arno River basin using dual-polarized radar and rain gauges

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dc.contributor.authorScarchilli, G., author
dc.contributor.authorGorgucci, E., author
dc.contributor.authorChandrasekar, V., author
dc.contributor.authorAmerican Meteorological Society, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T08:10:59Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T08:10:59Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractReflectivity (ZH) and differential reflectivity (ZDR) measurements collected by Polar 55C over the Amo River basin in Italy are presented. The applicability of dual-polarization (ZDR)-based rainfall algorithms at C band in an operational setting is studied in conjunction with a network of rain gauges. Conventional pointwise comparison of radar and rain gauge estimates of rainfall, as well as statistical comparison of dual-polarization radar and rain gauge data via probability matching procedure, are presented. Error structure of reflectivity rainfall Z-R relation, as well as ZDR-based algorithms, is evaluated as a function of spatial and temporal averaging. Pointwise comparison, as well as statistical evaluation based on cumulative distribution function (CDF) matching, are used to show that in an operational environment with excessive ground-clutter contamination and attenuation problems the dual-polarization-based rainfall algorithm performs better than any arbitrary Z-R relation. In addition, it is shown that a dual-polarization (ZDR) algorithm obtained matching the CDFs performs better than the best possible Z-R relation.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationGorgucci, E., G. Scarchilli, and V. Chandrasekar, Operational Monitoring of Rainfall over the Arno River Basin Using Dual-Polarized Radar and Rain Gauges, Journal of Applied Meteorology (Boston, Mass.: 1988) 35, no. 8 (August 1996): 1221-1230.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/68056
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.titleOperational monitoring of rainfall over the Arno River basin using dual-polarized radar and rain gauges
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