Poster Group 1 – Session HYD: Hydrological studies employing weather radars
Display time: Monday & Tuesday
HYD.P01
Visually and easily detectable radar information available for judging the evacuation from
heavy rainfall disasters
Izumi Yokota, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, and Koji Nishiyama, Kenichi Tsukahara, Kenji
Wakimizi
HYD.P02
Comparison between C-band and S-band radar rainfall for hydrological simulations in
Marikina River Basin, Philippines
Catherine Abon, University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Potsdam, Germany, and Irene Crisologo, David Kneis, Axel Bronstert, Maik Heistermann
HYD.P03
A study on flash flood forecasting using threshold rainfall and quantitative radar
precipitation
Hee Sook Ji, National Institute of Meteorological Research/Korea Meteorological
Administration, Korea, and Hyedeuk Bae, Yoon-Jin Lim, Byoung-Cheol Choi
HYD.P04
Use of radar-based QPE in stochastic precipitation simulator for flood frequency estimation
over small mountain catchments
Petr Zacharov, Institute of Atmospheric Physics ASCR, Czech Republic, and Daniela Rezacova,
Petr Pesice, Sarka Blazkova
HYD.P05
Investigating the ice water path in convective cloud life cycles to improve passive microwave
rainfall retrievals
Ramon Braga, National Institute for Space Research, Brasil, and Daniel Vila
HYD.P06
Improving Hydrometeorological Forecasting Using High-Resolution X-Band Radars (HyFoX)
Katharina Lengfeld, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany, and Marc
Berenguer, Marco Clemens, Felix Ament, Daniel Sempere-Torres
HYD.P07
Rainfall-runoff modelling using merged rainfall from radar and raingauge measurements
Nergui Nanding, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and Miguel Angel Rico-Ramirez, Dawei
Han
HYD.P08
Characteristics of Radar Echoes formed by Seeding Experiment of Liquid Carbon Dioxide for
Enhancing Winter-time Precipitation in the northern part of Kyushu,Japan
Kenji Wakimizu, Kyushu University, Japan, and Koji Nishiyama, Osamu Morira, Kikuro Tomine,
Yoshinori Suzuki, Taichi Maki
HYD.P09
Influence of rainfall spatial variability on hydrological modelling: case study on an urban
catchment
Jérôme Schoorens, Ondeo Sytems, France, and Isabelle Emmanuel, Vincent Le Balier, Anne
Guillon, Bernard Flahaut
HYD.P11
Attenuation Correction and Precipitation Estimates Using a Mobile X Band Polarimetric
Radar for Hydrological Studies
Ivon Wilson da Silva Júnior, University of São Paulo, Brasil, and Augusto J. Pereira Filho, Felipe
Vemado
HYD.P12
Precipitation monitoring in urban areas by a dense C-Band weather radar network
Laura Catalina Alku, University of Helsinki,Helsinki; Vaisala Oy, Vantaa, Finland, and Kalle
Nordling, Roberto Cremonini, Dmitri Moisseev, V. Chandrasekar
HYD.P14
The TERENO pre-alpine observatory: a hydrometeorological test bed
Benjamin Fersch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany, and Christian Chwala, Johannes Werhahn, Gerhard Smiatek, Carsten Jahn, Matthias
Mauder, Ralf Kiese, Rainer Gasche, Hans Papen, Harald Kunstmann
HYD.P15
A cloud-based urban flood Early Warning System using radars
Xavier Llort, Hydrometeorological Innovate Solutions, Spain, and Alvaro Rodríguez, David
Sancho, Rafael Sánchez-Diezma
HYD.P16
Water management DSSs integrating radar and other data sources
David Sancho, Hydrometeorological Innovative Solutions, Spain, and Álvaro Rodríguez, Rafael
Sánchez-Diezma, Xavier Llort
HYD.P17
Comparison between X-band and C-band co-located rainfall estimations in urban
environment in Torino, Italy
Marco Branca, Electronics and Telecommunications Department, Politenico di Torino, Italy, and
Roberto Cremonini, Renzo Bechini, Riccardo Notarpietro
HYD.P18
Use of a Micro Rain Radar (MRR) for Measurements of Rain Drop Sizes and Quantitative
Estimation Precipitation in Mountain Area
Jeongho Choi, Suwon Science College, Korea, and Jungho Kim, V. Chandrasekar, Sanghun Lim
Poster Group 1 – Session MIC: Microphysics of cloud and precipitation
Display time: Monday & Tuesday
MIC.P01
On applicability of spheroidal shapes to describe observed cloud radar depolarization ratios
of ice hydrometeors
Sergey Matrosov, CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA ESRL, USA
MIC.P02
Influence of the liquid layer within mixed-phase clouds on radar observations.
Lukas Pfitzenmaier, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Yann Dufournet,
Christine Unal, Herman Russchenberg
MIC.P03
Hydrometeor Classification at MeteoSwiss
Jordi Figueras i Ventura, MeteoSwiss, Switzerland, and Marco Boscacci, Marco Gabella, Urs
Germann
MIC.P06
Automatic detection and characterization of the melting-layer on X-band polarimetric radar
scans
Daniel Wolfensberger, EPFL-LTE, Switzerland, and Danny Scipion, Alexis Berne
MIC.P07
Discrimination between winter precipitation types based on explicit microphysical modeling
of melting and refreezing in the polarimetric hydrometeor classification algorithm
Alexander Ryzhkov, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies / University of
Oklahoma, Norman, USA, and Heather Reeves, John Krause, Hoyt Burcham
MIC.P08
Rainfall Estimation and Drop Size Distribution Retrieval from Dual-polarization Radars at Kuand S-band: Application in NASA IFloodS Field Campaign
Haonan Chen, Colorado State University, USA, and V. Chandrasekar
MIC.P09
Retrieval of Rain Microphysical parameters in Korea Peninsular using the Dual-Polarimetric
S-band Radar
Soohyun Kwon, Dept. of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Research and Training Team
for Future Creative Astrophysicists and Cosmologists, Kyungpook National University, Korea,
and GyuWon Lee, Bo-Young Ye
MIC.P10
Measurment of rain intensity by radiometer and double frequency radar remote sensing
Anna Linkova, A. Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine, and Grygoriy Khlopov
MIC.P11
Hydrometeor Classification for the DWD Weather Radar Network: First Verification Results
Jörg Steinert, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
MIC.P12
Weather radar precipitation estimates vs lightning flash rates: overview of HyMeX SOP1
cases
Ibai Campo, University of Barcelona, Dep. Astronomy and Meteorology, Barcelona, Spain, and
Anna Domingo-Dalmau, Joan Bech, Nicolau Pineda, Tomeu Rigo
MIC.P13
Evaluation of hydrometeor classification algorithms from multi-frequency dual-polarimetric
radar observations collected during HyMeX
Jean-Francois Ribaud, CNRM-GAME and LA, France, and Olivier Bousquet, Hassan Al-Sakka
MIC.P14
High-resolution X-Band networked rainfall morphology
Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory, Australia, and Scott Giangrande, Jonathan Helmus,
Adam Theisen
MIC.P15
Analysis of co-located dual-polarization observations at C and X band in Italy
Renzo Bechini, Arpa Piemonte, Italy, and Roberto Cremonini, Gianfranco Vulpiani, Luca Baldini,
Valentina Campana
MIC.P16
The impact of raindrop collisional processes on the polarimetric radar variables
Matthew Kumjian, Penn State University, USA, and Olivier Prat
MIC.P17
The vertical structure of Mediterranean precipitation during HyMeX special observation
periods in 2012 and 2013
Jacopo Grazioli, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Environmental Remote
Sensing Laboratory (LTE), Switzerland, and Alexis Berne
MIC.P19
High resolution polarimetric radar observations in Southern France during the second HyMex
SOP 2013-2014
John Kalogiros, National Observatory of Athens, Greece, and Marios Anagnostou, Guy Delrieu,
Brice Boudevillain, Manos Anagnostou
MIC.P20
Hydrometeor classification tuned for Austrian C-band polarimetric weather radar data
Manuela Kalcher, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, and Rudolf Kaltenböck, Leopold
Haimberger
MIC.P21
Raindrop Size Distribution under Drop Break-up: Implications for GPM DPR Algorithm
Leo Pio D'Adderio, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, and Federico Porcu', Ali Tokay
MIC.P22
Localized intensification of snowfall by air traffic
Susanna Lautaportti, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Laura Rojas, Ksenia Atlaskina, Dmitri
Moisseev, Ewan O'Connor
MIC.P23
Dual-Polarization X-Band Radar Observations of Tropical Convection During HERO
Michael Bell, University of Hawaii, USA
MIC.P24
Identification of snowfall riming through analysis of radar echo spatial structure
Dmitri Moisseev, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Susanna Lautaportti, V. Chandrasekar,
Pablo Saavedra
MIC.P25
Overview of NASA D3R’s performance during the GV Field Campaigns –IFLOODS and IPHEX;
Preliminary Results
V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, and Robert M. Beauchamp,
Manuel Vega, Haonan Chen, Mathew Schwaller, Walt Petersen, David Wolff
MIC.P26
Simultaneous polarimetric X-band and Ka-band radar observations of clouds and mixed
phase precipitation over the North Slope of Alaska
V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, USA, and Cuong Nguyen, Nitin Bharadwaj, Hans
Verlinde
Poster Group 1 – Session MMW: Millimeter-wave cloud radars
Display time: Monday & Tuesday
MMW.P01 The Fully Polarimetric Architecture of the Ka-W SACR2
Michele Galletti, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, and Mariko Oue, Hans Verlinde,
Alexander Ryzhkov
MMW.P02 Using higher radar moments to study ice clouds
Maximilian Maahn, University of Cologne, Germany, and Ulrich Löhnert, Kollias Pavlos
MMW.P03 Development mechanism of a cumulonimbus observed by Ka-band Doppler radar on 18
August 2011 in the Kanto region, Japan
Namiko SAKURAI, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan,
and Shimizu Shingo, Shimada Seiichi, Iwanami Koyuru, Misumi Ryohei, Suzuki Shin-ich,
Maesaka Takeshi, Shusse Yukari
MMW.P04 Evaluation and Monitoring of Data Quality of Ka-Band Cloud Radar
Bo-Young Ye, Dept. of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Research and Training Team for
Future Creative Astrophysicists and Cosmologists, Kyungpook National University, Korea, and
Gyuwon Lee, Soohyun Kwon, Ho-Woo Lee, Jong-Chul Ha
MMW.P05 Tropical Indian Cloud Characteristics: Insights from Cloud radar observations
Madhu Chandra R KALAPUREDDY, Physics and Dynamics of Tropical Clouds Programme,
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, and Sukanya Patra, Subrata Das, Sachin
Deshpande, Kaustav Chakravarty
MMW.P06 Reconstruction of 3D cloud geometry using a scanning cloud radar
Christian Winkler, Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,
Germany, and Florian Ewald, Tobias Zinner, Bernhard Mayer
MMW.P07 Using the correlation RHO_LDR between the co and cross channel for target classification of
cloud radar data
Matthias Bauer-Pfundstein, METEK, Meteorologische Messtechnik GmbH, Germany, and
Björn-Rüdiger Beckmann, Alexander Myagkov
MMW.P08 The Ka-band radar MIRA36: Experiences from ten years of operation and current
applications
Ulrich Görsdorf, DWD, Meteorologisches Observatorium Lindenberg, Germany, and Volker
Lehmann
MMW.P09 Characterization of the in-cloud horizontal wind shear and its relation with cloud
morphology using Scanning ARM Cloud Radar Observations
Paloma Borque, McGill University, Canada, and Pavlos Kollias
MMW.P10 Deciphering the Radar Reflectivity Profile in Liquid Stratiform Clouds
Edward Luke, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, and Pavlos Kollias
Poster Group 1 – Session NET: Radar networking
Display time: Monday & Tuesday
NET.P01
OPERA 4 - The new phase of Operational Weather Radar Network in Europe
Elena Saltikoff, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland, and Hidde Leijnse, Petr Novak
NET.P02
Sensitivity Study for a Reflectivity Retrieval within the testbed of an X-band radar network
Nicole Feiertag, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany, and Katharina
Lengfeld, Marco Clemens, Felix Ament
NET.P03
Polarimetric radar observations in Belgium
Laurent Delobbe, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Belgium, and Edouard
Goudenhoofdt
NET.P04
Three-Dimensional Reflectivity Composite created from Radar Volume Data
Michael Mott, Forschung und Entwicklung - Zentrale Entwicklung, Deutscher Wetterdienst,
Germany, and Malte Diederich
NET.P05
PATTERN: Advantages of High-Resolution Weather Radar Networks
Katharina Lengfeld, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany, and Marco
Clemens, Hans Münster, Felix Ament
NET.P06
Real-time estimation and correction for vertical profile of reflectivity in the Danish weather
radar network
Rashpal S. Gill, Danish Meteorological Institute, Denmark, and Martin B. Sørensen, T. Bøvith
NET.P07
The Morocco Weather Radar Network - mix of upgraded radars and new ones - A success
story
Martin Malkomes, GAMIC mbH, Germany, and Mostapha Saadi, Marco Costa
NET.P08
The ADRIARadNet project: ADRIAtic integrated RADar-based and web-oriented information
processing system NETwork to support hydro-meteorological monitoring and civil protection
decision
Errico Picciotti, CETEMPS, University of L’Aquila, Italy, and Frank Marzano, Valentina Colaiuda,
Marco Massabò, Miranda Deda, Paolo Campanella, Luca Abeti, Francesca Sini, Carlo Alberto
Neri, Shemsi Prençi, Maksimiljan Dhima, Petrit Zorba, Irma Berdufi, Marku Metodi, Paolo Sala,
Marcella Rezzolla, Mato Tomljanović,
NET.P09
Meteorological Applications of the Font Range Observational Network Testbed
John Hubbert, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA, and P. Kennedy, M. Dixon, W.C. Lee, S. Rutledge, T. Weckwerth, V. Chandrasekar, E. Loew
NET.P10
Composite rainfall map from C-band conventional and X-band dual-polarimetric radars for
the whole of Japan
Kohin Hirano, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan,
and Masayuki Maki, Ryohei Misumi
NET.P11
Evaluating radar beam occultation and ground clutter in urban environment using laser
scanner data
Roberto Cremonini, Dep. of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Dmitri Moisseev, V.
Chandrasekar
NET.P12
The BALTRAD Software System Contributions to Kapildu's Radar
Mercedes Maruri, (1) Basque Meteorology Agency (EUSKALMET), Miñano, Alava; (2)
TECNALIA-Energy and Environment Division-Meteo Area, Miñano, Alava; (3) Department of
Applied Mathematics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Faculty of Engineering of
Bilbao, Spain, and Christian Aloni, Hector Fernández
NET.P13
OPERA User Group – a new way to account for user requirements on OPERA products
Klaus Stephan, German Weather Service, Germany, and Elena Saltikoff
NET.P14
Close Future of Slovak Weather Radar Network
Marian Jurasek, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Slovakia, and Jan Kanak, Luboslav Okon,
Ladislav Meri
NET.P15
Weather radar network design as a function of benefits analysis
Dawn Harrison, Met Office, United Kingdom
Poster Group 1 – Session NOW: Nowcasting techniques
Display time: Monday & Tuesday
NOW.P01
Overview and recent developments of the nowcasting system INCA in Belgium (INCA-BE)
Maarten Reyniers, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Belgium
NOW.P02
Operational hail nowcasting and automatic warnings at MeteoSwiss
Alessandro Hering, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland, and Luca Nisi, Simona Trefalt, Urs
Germann
NOW.P03
Retrieving wind gust information from radar data
Simona Trefalt, University of Bern and MeteoSwiss, Switzerland, and Simona Trefalt, Olivia
Romppainen-Martius, Alessandro Hering, Urs Germann
NOW.P04
Use of radar data in nowcast applications
Judith Ungelenk, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Germany, and Tanja Winterrath, Tim Böhme,
Paul James, Kai Oliver Heuer, Wolfgang Rosenow, Sebastian Trepte, Reinhold Hess, Tamas
Hirsch
NOW.P05
A new Melting Layer Detection Algorithm that Combines Polarimetric Radar-based Detection
with Thermodynamic Output from Numerical Models
Terry Schuur, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory,
USA, and Alexander V. Ryzhkov, John Krause
NOW.P06
Dual-Polarization Radar Particle Classification Results during the Sochi Olympic Games
Janti Reid, Environment Canada, Canada, and Janti Reid, David Hudak, Sudesh Boodoo,
Norman Donaldson, Paul Joe, Dmitry Kiktev, Aleksandr Melnichuk
NOW.P07
Storm Tracking and Forecasting using High Resolution echoes of Short Range X-Band Radar
Sajid Shah, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and Riccardo Notarpietro, Marco Branca
NOW.P08
Nowcasting Using Dual Polarization Radar in Southeast Brazil
Bruno Lisboa Medina, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brasil, and Enrique Vieira
Mattos, Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado
NOW.P09
Nowcasting of precipitation at the Danish Meteorological Institute
Thomas Bøvith, Danish Meteorological Institute, Denmark, and Rashpal S. Gill, Martin B.
Sørensen
NOW.P10
Using dual-polarized radar data in LAPS system
Jelena Markovic, Faculty of Physics, Serbia
NOW.P11
Detection of atmospheric rotation by means of the DWD weather radar network
Thomas Hengstebeck, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany, and Dirk Heizenreder, Paul Joe
NOW.P12
RainAhead - first results of QPE and QPN based on adjusted radar data from Boostedt
Guido Lempio, hydro & meteo GmbH & Co.KG, Germany, and Thomas Einfalt, Alrun JasperTönnies
NOW.P13
Case study of hail detection using S-band dual polarization radar in Korea
Sol-Ip Heo, NIMR/KMA, Korea, and Kyung-Yeub Nam, Byoung-Cheol Choi
NOW.P14
Combination of object-oriented and areal tracking algorithm for improvement of radar echo
prediction
Hana Kyznarova, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Czech Republic, and Petr Novak
NOW.P15
Study about the nowcasting techniques and their implementation in the meteorological
radar of Kapildui
Diego Gil, Telecommunications Department, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the
Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Spain, and Mercedes Maruri, J.A. Aranda
NOW.P16
Quantitative expression of uncertainty in nowcasting heavy convective precipitation in
Central Europe by extrapolation methods
Jan Mejsnar, Department of Meteorology and Environment Protection, Charles University,
Czech Republic, and Zbynĕk Sokol, Petr Pešice
NOW.P17
Skill in nowcasting high-impact heavy precipitation events
Joan Bech, University of Barcelona, Dep. Astronomy and Meteorology, Barcelona, Spain, and
Marc Berenguer
NOW.P18
Using the ZDR Column Product to Detect Convective Storm Development and Track Updraft
Position
Jeffrey Snyder, National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), USA, and Alexander Ryzhkov,
Matthew Kumjian, Joey Picca
NOW.P19
A nowcasting technique for cumulative rainfall for the Mediterranean basin
Alessandro Mazza, CNR-IBIMET/Consorzio LaMMA, Italy, and Samantha Melani, Andrea
Antonini, Alberto Ortolani
NOW.P20
The use of NWP forecasts to improve an ensemble nowcasting technique
Álex Buil, CRAHI-UPC, Spain, and Marc Berenguer, Daniel Sempere-Torres
Poster Group 1 – Session QPE: Progress in QPE and error structure analysis
Display time: Monday & Tuesday
QPE.P01
Pinpointing the errors in radar estimates of rainfall using minute-by-minute rainfall rates
measured with very sensitive rain gauges
Anthony Illingworth, University of Reading, United Kingdom, and Robert Thompson
QPE.P02
A wind drift correction for radar rainfall products
Caroline Sandford, Met Office, United Kingdom
QPE.P03
Using an S-band radar to verify polarimetric retrieval methods at C-band in a tropical
environment
Maik Heistermann, University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Germany, and Irene Crisologo, Catherine Abon, Gianfranco Vulpiani, Axel Bronstert
QPE.P04
Error analysis of quantitative precipitation estimates from NCAS’s X-band polarimetric radar.
David Dufton, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, United Kingdom,
and Lindsay Bennett, Alan Blyth, Chris Collier
QPE.P05
Radar-Based Precipitation Climatology for Germany – First Results and Future Directions
Elmar Weigl, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Germany, and Tanja Winterrath, Gabriele Malitz
QPE.P06
Progress in operational quantitative precipitation estimation in the Czech Republic
Petr Novák, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Czech Republic, and Hana Kyznarová
QPE.P08
Implementation of variable relationships of radar reflectivity and rainfall rate in a network of
X-band radars
Marco Clemens, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany, and Katharina
Lengfeld, Hans Münster, Felix Ament
QPE.P10
Classification and correction of the radar bright band with polarimetric radar
Will Hall, Bristol University, United Kingdom, and Miguel A. Rico-Ramirez, Stefan Kramer
QPE.P11
Validation of satellite precipitation products using NMQ over the CONUS
Jianxin Wang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, and Walter Petersen, David Wolff,
George Huffman, David Bolvin, Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter
QPE.P12
Correction of C-band radar observation for propagation effects based on the self-consistency
principle
Ahoro ADACHI, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan, and Takahisa Kobayashi, Hiroshi
Yamauchi
QPE.P13
Estimation of radar rainfall and its accuracy Improvement in Korea
Mi-Kyung Suk, Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea, and Hye-Sook Park, Jong-Seo Park
QPE.P14
Analysis of radar rainfall estimation accuracy using Hybrid Scan Reflectivity (HSR) Technique
in Korea
Hye-Sook Park, Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea, and Jae-Kyoung Lee, Mi-Kyung
Suk, Jong-Seo Park
QPE.P15
Merging single and dual-polarization radar rainrates to improve the accuracy of quantitative
rainrate estimation
Jae-Kyoung Lee, Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea, and Ji-Hyeon Kim, Hye-Sook
Park, Mi-Kyung Suk, Jong-Seo Park
QPE.P16
Comparison of two rainfall estimation algorithms using S-band dual-polarization radar in
Korea
Hye-Young Ko, Dept. Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Research and Training Team for
Future Creative Astrophysicists and Cosmologisis, Kyungpook National University, Daegu,
Korea, and Gyuwon Lee
QPE.P17
Comparison of polarimetric techniques for precipitation estimation in Serbia
Zoran Vucinic, Republic Hydrometeorological service of Serbia, Serbia, and Julijana Nadj
QPE.P18
Comparison of Optimal Rainfall map with CAPPI
Soohyun Kwon, Dept. of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Research and Training Team
for Future Creative Astrophysicists and Cosmologists, Kyungpook National University / Center
for Atmospheric REmote sensing (CARE), Kyungpook National University, Korea, and Sung-Hwa
Jung, GyuWon Lee, Bo-Young Ye
QPE.P19
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Algorithm Using an Overlapped Observation Area
between Radars
Jungho KIM, Korea University, Korea, and Chulsang Yoo, V. Chandrasekar, Sanghun Lim,
Jeongho Choi
QPE.P20
Dual-polarization based QPE in presence of hail contamination
Ljubov Nevvonen, FMI, Finland, and Dmitri Moisseev, V. Chandrasekar, Heikki Pohjola
QPE.P21
Results from the network of rain gauges in association with the Doppler Weather Radar
Vesna Ivkov, Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Serbia
QPE.P22
A quality-based approach for radar rain field reconstruction and the H-SAF precipitation
products validation
Gianfranco Vulpiani, Department of Civil Protection, Italy, and Angelo Rinollo, Silvia Puca,
Mario Montopoli
QPE.P23
Observation of Winter Precipitation Using the PX-1000
Boon Leng Cheong, University of Oklahoma, USA, and B. L. Cheong , J. D. Lee, T.-Y. Yu, S. Lee,
R. D. Palmer, J. Heo, J.-H. Kim, J. Yoo, S. J. Oh, G. W. Lee, B.-Y. Ye, J. E. Lee, K.-Y. Nam
QPE.P24
Jamming detection using geometric signatures in weather radar images
Dominique Faure, Météo-France, Toulouse, France, and Pierre Tabary, Nicolas Gaussiat, Maud
Martet
QPE.P25
Gauge-radar adjustment by using multivariate kernel regression and spatiotemporal Kriging
Seppo Pulkkinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland, and Jarmo Koistinen, Timo
Kuitunen
QPE.P26
Quality-based combination of multi-source precipitation data
Jan Szturc, Department of Ground-Based Remote Sensing, IMGW-PIB, Warszawa, Poland, and
Katarzyna Osrodka, Anna Jurczyk, Piotr Struzik, Irena Otop
QPE.P27
1-year long operational application of Vertical Profile of Reflectivity in the retrieval of the
rain rate at the ground: impact and problems.
Anna Fornasiero, ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and Roberta Amorati, Pier Paolo Alberoni
QPE.P28
Error sources of radar snowfall estimaiton: Z-S relationships and vertical structure of snow
storm
Jeong-Eun Lee, Kyungpook National University, Korea, and Jeong-Eun Lee, GyuWon Lee
QPE.P29
Comparison of MRR and weather radar measurements in Mediterranean precipitation
Julie Pichon, LTE, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Jacopo Grazioli, Tim Raupach, Brice
Boudevillain, Alexis Berne
QPE.P31
Adjustment of Radar Precipitation Estimation Based on the Local Gauge Correction Method
Kwangho Kim, Pukyong National University, Korea, and Park-Sa Kim, Min-Seong Kim, SeongWoon Seo, Dong-Hwan Kang, Byung-Hyuk Kwon
QPE.P32
A dual-polarization dual-frequency transmission experiment for precipitation and humidity
remote sensing
Christian Chwala, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany, and Uwe Siart, Harald Kunstmann
QPE.P33
A neural-network approach for quantitative precipitation estimation using an operational
polarimetric C-band radar in complex terrain scenarios
Gianfranco Vulpiani, Department of Civil Protection, Italy
QPE.P34
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation for the Polarimetric DWD Weather Radar Network
Patrick Tracksdorf, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach am Main, Germany
QPE.P35
Comparison of measured drop size distribution and retrieved Z/R relations with the
distribution of reflectivity patterns in the 2D-radar image
Malte Neuper, Institute of Water Resources and River Basin Management - Section Hydrology,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany, and Uwe Ehret
QPE.P36
How does reconstruction of clutter areas improve by accounting for the spatial and temporal
variability of rainfall?
Shinju Park, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Centre de Recerca Aplicada en
Hidrometeorologia, Barcelona (Spain), current: Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric
Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, and Marc Berenguer
QPE.P37
Range Effects at S and X Band Radars in São Paulo
Roberto Vicente Calheiros, Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorologicas - UNESP, Brasil, and Ana
Maria Gomes, Maria Andrea Lima
QPE.P38
A probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimation for ground-based radar networks at
high space and time scale
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, OU Advanced Radar Research Center / NOAA National Severe
Storm Laboratory, USA, and Jonathan Gourley, Yang Hong, Jian Zhang, Saber
Moazamigoodarzi, Carrie Langston, Amy Arthur
QPE.P39
Sensitivity of power functions to aggregation: bias and uncertainty in radar rainfall retrieval
Maximilliano Sassi, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 't Horntje, The Netherlands,
and Hidde Leijnse, Remko Uijlenhoet
QPE.P40
Have we reached the limits in quantitative precipitation estimation by conventional weather
radar?
Pieter Hazenberg, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, USA, and Hidde
Leijnse, Remko Uijlenhoet
Poster Group 2 – Session AIR: Airborne and spaceborne radars
Display time: Wednesday & Thursday
AIR.P02
An Airborne Ka-Band PMS Probe Radar
Andrew Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., USA
AIR.P03
The CleoSim Radar Simulator
Andrea Manzoni, DEIB - Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Michele D'Amico, Fabio Milani, JeanPhilippe Wasselin
AIR.P04
Doppler performance assessment of a space-borne cloud stereo-radar concept for a
hurricane system
Alessandro Battaglia, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, and Pavlos Kollias
AIR.P05
Diagnosis of Sensitivity of Energy Efficiency in Typhoon Sinlaku(2008) during TCS-08/T-PARC
Jisun Lee, Dept. of Environmental Atmospheric Sciences, Pukyong National University, Korea,
and Hung-Chi Kuo, Tien-Yiao Hsu, Dong-In Lee
AIR.P06
Radar simulation studies for measurement of precipitation from space-borne radar on GPM
Takahisa Kobayashi, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan, and Soichiro
Sugimoto, Mistuharu Nomura, Hiromaru Hirakuchi, Ahoro Adachi
AIR.P07
Snowfall validation for the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement mission
Stephen Nesbitt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and Kirstin Gleicher, George
Duffy, Kim Reed, V. Chandrasekar, Walt Petersen, David Hudak
AIR.P08
Spatial Variability of Raindrop Size Distribution and Radar Observables
Ali Tokay, JCET/UMBC - NASA/GSFC, USA, and Leo Pio D'Adderio, David B. Wolff, Walter A.
Petersen
AIR.P09
On the ground validation of TRMM PR reflectivity using 3-D composites from a ground-based
radar network
Shinju Park, Research and Training Team for Future Creative Astrophysicists and Cosmologists,
Dept. of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences and Center for Atmosphere Remote Sensing,
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, and Soohyun Kwon, Sung-Hwa Jung, GyuWon
Lee
AIR.P10
Scan strategy concepts of Tier-1 radars of GPM ground validation
Luca Baldini, CNR Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima, Italy, and V. Chandrasekar,
Walter A. Petersen, Mathew R. Schwaller
AIR.P11
VAD and Dual-Doppler Analysis of Doppler Velocity for HIWRAP
Lin Tian, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, and Gerry Heymsfield, Steve Guimond, Lihua
Li
Poster Group 2 – Session APP: Innovative Applications of Weather Radar
Display time: Wednesday & Thursday
APP.P01
Tailored Weather Radar Products for use in aviation
Thomas Wetter, Systems and Operations of the Aeronautical Meteorological Service, DWD,
Germany, and Dirk Zinkhan
APP.P02
A verification and validation study of the prototype products of the 3D high-resolution radar
reflectivity for SESAR
Hassan AL-SAKKA, Météo France, France, and Robert Scovell, Nicolas Gaussiat, Pierre Tabary
APP.P03
Turbulence eddy dissipation rates in the boundary layer: a comparison of Doppler lidar and
X-band radar estimate
Lucas Besson, LATMOS/UPMC, France, and Richard Wilson
APP.P04
Use of on advanced airborne weather radar for flight trajectory optimization
Fabrizio Cuccoli, U.O. CNIT, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Firenze, Italy, and
L. Facheris, S. Lischi, A. Lupidi, C. Mugnai, C. Zoppetti, N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, L. Baldini
APP.P06
The new German guideline for radar measurement of precipitation
Thomas Einfalt, hydro & meteo GmbH & Co. KG, Lübeck, Germany, and Simon Jäckel
APP.P08
Bird flock tracking by weather radars
Matti Leskinen, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Jarmo Koistinen, Dmitri Moisseev, Pekka
Rossi, Heikki Pohjola
APP.P09
Bird migration across the Bay of Biscay observed by meteorological radar
Nadja Weisshaupt, Department of Ornithology, Aranzadi Sciences Society, Spain, and
Mercedes Maruri, Juan Arizaga
APP.P10
Potential of weather radar in estimating volcanic eruption source parameters: case study of
Ejyafjallajökull volcano eruption
Luigi Mereu, DIET University of Rome & CETEMPS, University of L’Aquila, Italy, and Frank Silvio
Marzano, Mario Montopoli, Costanza Bonadonna, Wim Degruyter
APP.P11
Statistical analysis of volcanic ash measured by X-band polarimetric radar
Masayuki Maki, Kagoshima University, Japan, and Ikuko Suzuki, Takeshi Maesaka, Yoshitaka
Muraji
APP.P12
Radar volcano monitoring system in Iceland
Þórður Arason, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Iceland, and Richard F. Yeo, Hermann
Arngrímsson, Bolli Pálmason, Sibylle von Löwis, Guðrún Nína Petersen, Halldór Bjornsson
APP.P13
Application of radar data for oceanography and hydrodynamics of seas
Olga Shishkina, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian
Federation
Poster Group 2 – Session DAC: Data quality and calibration
Display time: Wednesday & Thursday
DAC.P01
The effect of a wind power plant in radar data
Michael Frech, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg, Germany, and Jörg
Seltmann
DAC.P02
Receiver Upgrade for the Polarimetric C-Band Radar POLDIRAD
Dennis Vollbracht, Research and Development Department, Selex ES GmbH, Germany, and
Daniel Ridene, Jens Reimann, Martin Hagen
DAC.P03
Reflectivity quality control based on 2D and 3D parameters
Sorin Burcea, National Meteorological Administration, Romania, and Daniel Cărbunaru
DAC.P04
A new Radar Data Post-Processing Quality Control Workflow for the DWD Weather Radar
Network
Manuel Werner, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Germany
DAC.P05
The development of a Kriging based gauge and radar merged product for real-time rainfall
accumulation estimates
Sharon Jewell, Met Office, United Kingdom, and Katie Norman
DAC.P06
The Austrian TUNDRA project - Tuning dual-pol radars in the Alps
Vera Meyer, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Division Data
Methods Models, Vienna, Austria, and Lukas Tüchler, Rudolf Kaltenböck, Christina Tavolato
DAC.P07
Data quality of the new Austrian dual-polarized weather radars
Lukas Tüchler, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Austria, and Vera Meyer,
Rudolf Kaltenboeck, Christina Tavolato
DAC.P08
Characteristics of Two Quality Control Techniques for Operational Radars in Korea
Sora Park, Weather Radar Center, KMA, Korea, and Ji-Hyeon Kim, Heon-ae Kim, Jong-Seo Park
DAC.P09
A Novel Method for Absolute Calibration of Radars
Claire Merker, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany, and Katharina
Lengfeld, Marco Clemens, Hans Münster, Ulrich Görsdorf, Felix Ament
DAC.P10
Quality of weather radar wind profiles at ARPA Emilia-Romagna
Virginia Poli, ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy, and Pier Paolo Alberoni
DAC.P11
Recovery of partial blocked beams from a single-polarised weather radar system
Stephan Jacobi, University of Potsdam, Germany
DAC.P12
Use of Hydrometeors, Bragg Scatter, and Sun Spikes to Determine System ZDR Biases in the
WSR-88D Fleet
W. David Zittel, NOAA/NWS Radar Operations Center, USA, and Jeffrey Cunningham, Robert
Lee, Lindsey Richardson, Richard Ice, Valery Melnikov
DAC.P13
Can NEXRAD and industry share the S-band? Exploring the impact of RF interference on the
WSR-88D estimators
Bradley Isom, NSSL/CIMMS, USA, and Bradley Isom, Christopher Curtis
DAC.P14
Quality Assessment of Radial Velocity Data using Wind Profiles
Iwan Holleman, Radboud University Nijmegen - Institute for Molecules and Materials, The
Netherlands, and Hidde Leijnse
DAC.P15
X-band weather radar monitoring of precipitation fields in Naples Urban Areas: data quality,
comparison and analysis
Vincenzo Capozzi, Università degli studi di Napoli "Parthenope", Italy, and Errico Picciotti,
Giorgio Budillon, Frank Marzano
DAC.P16
Performance comparison of a low cost dual-polarization X-band mini radar with references
systems in X and C bands in Rome supersite
Stefano Barbieri, CETEMPS, University of L’Aquila, Italy, and Frank Marzano, Errico Picciotti,
Mario Montopoli, John Kalogiros, Marios Anagnostou, Luca Baldini, Saverio Di Fabio, Raffaele
Lidori
DAC.P17
Some important weather radar correction algorithms and the development of the new 3D
radar composite product at the Hungarian Meteorological Service.
Roland Steib, Hungarian Meteorological Service, Hungary, and Péter Németh, István Sebők,
Csaba Szegedi
DAC.P18
Weather Radar and Wind Turbines - Theoretical and Numerical Analysis of the Shadowing
and related Precipitation Error
Gerhard Greving, NAVCOM Consult, Germany, and Martin Malkomes
DAC.P19
Polarimetric calibration of weather radar using the sun
Jens Reimann, Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Radarsysteme, DLR, Germany, and Martin
Hagen
DAC.P20
Preliminary analysis of vertical profiles of polarimetric radar observables in complex
orography for operational purpose
Mario Montopoli, DIET, Sapienza University of Rome & CETEMPS, University of L’Aquila, Italy,
and Gianfranco Vulpiani
DAC.P21
Differential Reflectivity Calibration for the Euskalmet Weather Radar
Arkaitz Etxezarreta, Adasa Sistemas - Environmental Quality Division. L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
(Barcelona); Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, UPV-EHU.
Bilbao (Bizkaia); Department of Communications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bil,
Spain, and Mª de las Mercedes Maruri, Jose Antonio Aranda
DAC.P22
Towards the improvement of monitoring and data quality assessment in the weather radar
network of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC)
Oriol Argemí, Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya, Spain, and Patricia Altube, Tomeu Rigo, Xavier
Ortiga, Nicolau Pineda, Joan Bech
DAC.P23
A tool for designing radar data processing schemes
Joonas Karjalainen, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland, and Markus Peura, Harri
Hohti, Jarmo Koistinen
DAC.P24
Absolute dual-polarization radar calibration: temperature dependence and stability with
focus on antenna-mounted receivers and Noise Source-generated reference signal
Dennis Vollbracht, Research and Development Department, Selex ES GmbH, Germany, and
Maurizio Sartori, Marco Gabella
DAC.P25
Application of the full wave electromagnetic approach to the calculation of polarimetric
variables for ensembles of rough and nonspheroidal hydrometeors
Djordje Mirkovic, National Severe Storm Laboratory, CIMMS University of Oklahoma, USA, and
Dusan Zrnic, Alexander Ryzhkov
DAC.P26
Using inpaint to replace clutter with plausible radar data
Christoffer A. Elo, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway
DAC.P27
Images processing techniques applied to the Kapildui weather radar
Mercedes Maruri, (1) Basque Meteorology Agency (EUSKALMET), Miñano, Alava; (2)
TECNALIA-Energy and Environment Division-Meteo Area, Miñano, Alava; (3) Department of
Applied Mathematics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Faculty of Engineering of
Bilbao, Spain, and Arantxa Polo, Olatz Salmerón
DAC.P28
Comparison of Indian Doppler Weather Radar Reflectivity Observations with TRMM-PR
Devajyoti Dutta, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, A-50, Sector, Noida,
Dist.- U.P., India, and K. Amar Jyothi, John P. George, Kumar D. Preveen, E. N. Rajagopal
DAC.P29
Software development processes in radar algorithm development at the DWD
Nils Rathmann, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
DAC.P30
Development of a Real-time Data Quality Index for the S-Pol Radar
Scott Ellis, NCAR/EOL, USA, and Dave Albo, Tammy Weckwerth, John Hubbert, Mike Dixon
DAC.P31
Evaluation of System PhiDP at Environment Canada’s Research Radar
Norman Donaldson, Environment Canada, King City, ON, Canada, and Sudesh Boodoo, David
Hudak, Vlado Stojanovic
DAC.P32
Statistical Study of Echoes from Wind Farms and Other Moving Clutter Targets
Norman Donaldson, Environment Canada, King City, ON, Canada
Poster Group 2 – Session MES: Mesoscale and Severe weather studies
Display time: Wednesday & Thursday
MES.P01
Doppler-radar observations of a prefrontal wind-shift line in the Southern Plains of the U. S.
Howard Bluestein, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, USA, and Jeffrey C. Snyder,
Kyle J. Thiem, Zachary B. Wienhoff, Dylan Reif, David Turner
MES.P02
Observations of hail cores of tornadic thunderstorms with four polarimetric radars
Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma, USA, and Dusan Zrnic, Donald Burgess, Edward
Mansell
MES.P03
Radar-Based Statistical Characteristics of Convective Storms in the West Coast of the Korean
Peninsula
Sung-Hwa Jung, Research and Training Team for Future Creative Astrophysicists and
Cosmologists, Dept. of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences and Center for Atmosphere
Remote Sensing, Kyungpook National University, Korea, and GyuWon Lee
MES.P04
Case study of splitting hailstorms over Bulgaria on 20 May 2013
Ivaylo Zamfirov, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Pleven, Bulgaria, and
Christo Georgiev, Julia Stoyanova
MES.P05
Winter and summer weather studies using high resolution radar data
Tim Böhme, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
MES.P06
Assessment of severe hailstorms and hail risk using weather radar data
Sorin Burcea, National Meteorological Administration, Romania, and Roxana Cica, Roxana
Bojariu
MES.P07
Classification of MCSs associated with Typhoon by Radar echo pattern
Koji Sassa, Kochi University, Japan, and Hitomi Makigusa
MES.P08
Polarimetric rainfall retrieval in a tropical environment: consistency analysis for two C-band
radars in the Philippines
Irene Crisologo, University of the Philippines, Philippines, and Maik Heistermann, Gianfranco
Vulpiani
MES.P09
Simulation of the hail storms with the COSMO NWP model
Zbynek Sokol, Institute of Atmospheric Physics ASCR, Czech Republic, and Petr Pesice, Vojtech
Bliznak, Petr Zacharov
MES.P10
Quality aspect related to radar-based hail detection
Maryna Lukach, Royal Meteorological Institute, Belgium, and Laurent Delobbe
MES.P11
A case study of severe hailstorm in Belgrade on 30th May 2013
Gordana Bogunovic, Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Serbia
MES.P12
An echo top estimation using vertical interval interpolation
Maryna Lukach, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI), Belgium, and Maarten
Reyniers, Oliver Salasar Celis, Annie Cuyt
MES.P14
Data Assimilation of Doppler Weather Radar Data in the Predictions of Mesoscale events
Mohan Kumar Das, SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC), Bangladesh, and Md.
Abdul Mannan Chowdhury
MES.P15
Dual-Doppler Radar Observation of the Beijing Extreme Rainfall on 21 July 2012
Kun Zhao, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, and Zhao Kun
MES.P16
Radar characteristics of selected windstorms in Serbia over the last decade
Maja Rabrenovic, Ministry of Interior, Sector for Emergency Management, Belgrade, Serbia
MES.P17
Radar-based Characteristics of Convective Storm associated with Cloud-to-Ground Lightning
Flashes
Sung-Hwa Jung, Research and Training Team for Future Creative Astrophysicists and
Cosmologists, Dept. of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences and Center for Atmosphere
REmote Sensing, Kyungpook National University, Korea, and Joon-Jin Song, GyuWon Lee
MES.P18
Polarimetric weather signatures and Doppler spectral analysis of a convective squall line
Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Christine
Unal, Herman Russchenberg, Thijs IJpelaar, Yann Dufournet
MES.P19
Preliminary result of hail detection using an operational S-band polarimetric radar in Korea
Mi-Young Kang, Pukyong National University, Korea, and Dong-In Lee, Cheol-Hwan You, Sol-Ip
Heo
MES.P20
Preliminary Results from the ROTATE-2014 (Radar Observations of Tornadoes and
Thunderstorms) experiment
Karen Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, USA, and Joshua Wurman
MES.P21
An Automated Method for Polarimetric Tornado Debris Detection
Jeffrey Snyder, National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), USA, and Alexander Ryzhkov
MES.P22
Polarimetric radial velocity estimates in intense tornadoes observed by a high-resolution,
rapid-scan, polarimetric mobile radar
Jeffrey Snyder, National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), USA, and Howard Bluestein
MES.P23
Analysis of a heavy storms episode in Basque Country: the 19-20 jul 2013 case.
Santiago Gaztelumendi, Tecnalia - meteo area / Basque Meteorology Agency, Spain, and
Joseba Egaña, Olatz Principe, Virginia Palacio, Mercedes Maruri
MES.P24
Using radar data for analysis of a very heavy precipitation episode in Bilbao area.
Joseba Egaña, Tecnalia - meteo area / Basque Meteorology Agency, Spain, and Santiago
Gaztelumendi, Virginia Palacio, Olatz Principe, Mercedes Maruri
MES.P25
Hail storm features using C-band polarimetric radar in Delhi and associated atmospheric
energetic
Devajyoti Dutta, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, A-50, Sector, Noida,
Dist.- U.P., India, and K. Amar Jyothi, Kumar D. Preveen, John P. George, E. N. Rajagopal
MES.P26
A major rainfall event in Apulia region observed by newly installed C band radar of RIVONA
Project
Franco Prodi, ISAC-CNR, Bologna, Italy, and Anna Cinzia Marra, Fausto Pasqualucci, Giuliano
Trivellone, Fabrizio Congedo
MES.P27
Effects of orographic convection on cloud and precipitation development in winter storms
Katja Friedrich, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, U of Colorado, USA, and Josh
Aikins, Bart Geerts, Josh Wurman
Poster Group 2 – Session NWP: Use of weather radars in NWP systems
Display time: Wednesday & Thursday
NWP.P01
Climatology of radar anomalous propagation over West Africa
Samuel KAISSASSOU, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon, and André Lenouo, Philippe Lopez
NWP.P02
Routine monitoring of radar reflectivity observations at the Met Office and lessons for direct
assimilation of radar reflectivity data in 4D-VAR
Lee Hawkness-Smith, Met Office, Reading, United Kingdom, and Sue Ballard, David Simonin,
Cristina Charlton-Perez
NWP.P03
Application of Immersed Boundary Method to Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System
(VDRAS)
Sheng-Lun Tai, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, and
Yu-Chieng Liou, Juanzhen Sun, Shao-Fan Chang
NWP.P04
The use of radar-based QPE in the high resolution QPF verification
Petr Zacharov, Institute of Atmospheric Physics ASCR, Czech Republic, and Daniela Rezacova,
Radmila Brozkova
NWP.P05
COSMO-CZ-EPS
Petr Zacharov, Institute of Atmospheric Physics ASCR, Czech Republic, and Daniela Rezacova,
Zbynek Sokol
NWP.P06
Radar-based post-processing of precipitation forecasts from a convection permitting NWP
ensemble, MOGREPS-UK
Clive Pierce, Met Office, United Kingdom, and Nigel Roberts
NWP.P07
Methodology for evaluating clouds and precipitation in high resolution models using radar
data
Dan Zhang, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach am Main, Germany, and Kathrin Wapler, Ulrich
Blahak
NWP.P08
Impact of dense radar observations on short-range rainfall forecasting with 4DVAR
assimilation: Implementation of VDRAS radar data assimilation system and initial results
Soichiro Sugimoto, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan, and Juanzhen
Sun, Zhuming Yin
NWP.P09
The improvement on quantitative precipitation forecast by implementing ice phase
microphysics into a four-dimensional Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System (VDRAS)
Shao-Fan Chang, National Central University, Taiwan, and Yu-Chieng Liou, Juanzhen Sun
NWP.P10
Imrovements of seasonal forecast at Regional level (Ethiopia)
Samsom Kahsay Gebretensae, Meteorologist, Ethiopia
NWP.P11
The evaluation of updrafts in an operational high-resolution NWP model using singleDoppler radar measurements
John Nicol, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, United Kingdom,
and Robin Hogan, Thorwald Stein, Kirsty Hanley, Humphrey Lean, Robert Plant, Peter Clark,
Carol Halliwell
NWP.P12
A new efficient radar forward operator for weather radar networks in the COSMO model
Ulrich Blahak, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany, and Yuefei Zeng, Dorit Jerger, Klaus Stephan
NWP.P13
Assimilation of the radar data in the (1.3 km) high resolution AROME model and estimates
of the observation error correlations
Eric Wattrelot, Météo France, France, and Thibaut Montmerle, Jean-Francois Mahfouf, Slim
Selmi
NWP.P14
Applying OPERA rain rate composite for assimilation into COSMO model
Klaus Stephan, German Weather Service, Germany
NWP.P15
Development of Observation Operator for Dual Polarimetric Radar
Takuya Kawabata, University of Hohenheim, Germany, and Thomas Schwitalla, Hans-Stefan
Bauer, Volker Wulfmeyer
Poster Group 2 – Session SYN: Synergetic use of weather radar and other sensors
Display time: Wednesday & Thursday
SYN.P01
Synergy of ground-based weather radar network and geostationary satellite observations for
extending rain rate estimation beyond radar coverage
Domenico Cimini, CNR-IMAA, Italy, and Domenico Cimini, Saverio Di Fabio, Errico Picciotti,
Livio Bernardini, Gianfranco Vulpiani, Mario Montopoli, Filomena Romano, Frank Marzano
SYN.P02
Use of satellite observations for weather radar quality control improvement
Adolfo Magaldi, University of Barcelona, Spain, and Joan Bech, Jerónimo Lorente, Anke Thoss
SYN.P04
Wind shear detection using radar and lidar at Frankfurt and Munich airports
André Weipert, Selex ES GmbH, Germany, and Sebastian Kauczok, Ronald Hannesen, Thomas
Ernsdorf, Bernd Stiller
SYN.P05
Warning procedures for extreme events in the Emilia-Romagna Region
Anna Fornasiero, ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and Miria Celano, Roberta Amorati, Virginia
Poli, Pier Paolo Alberoni
SYN.P06
Remote sensing of severe convective storms using the MSG 2.5-minute rapid scan, weather
radars and lightning detection data
Petr Novák, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Czech Republic, and Hana Kyznarová, Martin
Setvák, Jindřich Šťástka, Michaela Radová, Jan Kaňák, Kristopher Bedka, Michaela Valachova
SYN.P07
Recognition of severe weather by combining dual-polarization radar measurements and
high-resolution 3D lightning data
Hans-Dieter Betz, nowcast GmbH, Germany, and Martin Hagen, Hartmut Höller, Matthias
Möhrlein
SYN.P08
Conditioning simulated radar rainfields onto gauges to preserve anistropy and relative
wetness towards uncertainty estimates in hydrological applications
Geoff Pegram, Pegram & Associates (Pty) Ltd, South Africa, and Yeboah Gyasi-Agyei
SYN.P09
Verification of a weather radar derived surface precipitation type product
Verònica Vidal, University of Barcelona, Dep. Astronomy and Meteorology, Barcelona, Spain,
and Joan Bech, Joana Aina Ortiz, Nicolau Pineda, Roger Veciana
SYN.P10
Overview of ground based radar/lidar remote sensing study of cloud and precipitation at
Tropical Indian region
Madhu Chandra R KALAPUREDDY, Physics and Dynamics of Tropical Clouds Programme,
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, and Sachin Deshpande, Subrata Kumar
Das, K. Chakravarty, R.D. Ruchith, Sukanya Patra, G. Pandithurai, Thara Prabhakaran
SYN.P11
Adjustment of radar rainfall images employing rainfall estimates from a cellular
communication network
Aart Overeem, Wageningen University / Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, The
Netherlands, and Hidde Leijnse, Remko Uijlenhoet
SYN.P12
Studying precipitation distribution along an alpine mountain slope using a MRR and a
commercial microwave link
Christian Chwala, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany, and Martin Hagen, Harald Kunstmann
SYN.P13
Precipitation observation with commercial microwave links in the alpine region of GarmischPartenkirchen
Christian Chwala, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany, and Harald Kunstmann
Poster Group 2 – Session TEC: Advances in weather radar technology and signal processing
Display time: Wednesday & Thursday
TEC.P01
Dual-wavelength estimates of X-band radar signal attenuation characteristics in rain
Sergey Matrosov, CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA ESRL, USA, and P.C. Kennedy, R.
Cifelli
TEC.P02
Statistical Characterization of the Atmospheric Refractivity from Weather Radar Data
Rubén Nocelo López, Signal Theory and Communications Department, University of Vigo,
Spain, and Verónica Santalla del Rio
TEC.P03
Methods to Improve Fields of Correlation Coefficient Estimates
Igor Ivic, The University of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK, USA, and Bradley Isom
TEC.P04
Development of advanced radar technologies for weather application
Masakazu Wada, Toshiba Corporation, Japan, and Naoki Anraku, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Ahoro
Adachi, Tomoo Ushio, Shinsuke Satoh
TEC.P06
Locally and Temporally Adaptive Clutter Removal in Weather Radar Measurements
Jörn Sierwald, Eigenor Corporation, Finland, and Jukka Huhtamäki
TEC.P07
Adaptive Clutter Removal in Operational Dual-Polarization Measurements
Jukka Huhtamäki, Eigenor Corporation, Finland, and Jörn Sierwald
TEC.P08
ENIGMA - the versatile weather radar signal processing for weather radars - Magnetron,
Klystron, TWT and SST
Martin Malkomes, GAMIC mbH, Germany, and Matthias Toussaint, Dietmar Veerkamp
TEC.P09
Adaptive Storm-based Scanning at the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar
David Priegnitz, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, USA, and Pamela
Heinselman, Rodger Brown
TEC.P10
Improved Spectrum Width Estimators for Doppler Weather Radars
David Warde, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, USA, and Sebastian
Torres
TEC.P11
Antenna pattern requirements for 3-Pol weather radar measurements.
Veronica Santalla del Rio, University of Vigo, Spain, and María Vera-Isasa, José Manuel Pidre
Mosquera
TEC.P12
Performance comparison of receiving filters/algorithms in weather radar.
Andres Martinez Mera, University of Vigo, Spain, and Veronica Santalla del Rio
TEC.P13
Identification and Filtering of Non-Precipitation Echoes in Dual-Polarization Radar Data Using
Selective Frequency Domain Filter
Bo-Young Ye, Dept. of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Research and Training Team for
Future Creative Astrophysicists and Cosmologists, Kyungpook National University, Korea, and
Gyuwon Lee, Soohyun Kwon
TEC.P14
Estimation of Melting Layer Altitudes from Dual-Polarization Weather Radar Observations
Reino Keränen, Vaisala Oyj, Finland, and Laura Alku Catalina, Jason Selzler
TEC.P15
Importance of Rapid-scan Radar Data During a Tornado Outbreak
Pamela Heinselman, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, USA, and Charles Kuster
TEC.P16
Effect of Carrier Frequency Estimation Error On Clutter Filtering For Magnetron Based
Coherent Systems
Cagatay Candan, Middle East Technical University, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Turkey, and Ali Ozgur Yilmaz, Eda Sezen Ata
TEC.P17
Beam multiplexing and clutter filtering for the Phased Array Weather Radar
Lesya Borowska, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, USA, and Dusan
Zrnic, Guifu Zhang, Chris Curtis
TEC.P18
Statistical evaluation of time multiplexing approach to suppress coupling in the polarimetric
radar
Igor Ivic, The University of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK, USA
TEC.P19
Improved Correlation Coefficient Estimator
Igor Ivic, The University of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK, USA
TEC.P20
The Doppler On Wheels and CSWR Surface Observational Facility
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, USA, and Michael Dixon, Eric Loew,
Karen Kosiba
TEC.P21
Improving the NEXRAD Network: an Update on NSSL Radar Division’s Research-toOperations Activities
Michael Jain, NOAA-National Severe Storms Laboratory, USA, and Sebastian Torres, Alexander
Ryzhkov
TEC.P22
Exploration of ground targets to improve radar refractivity retrieval
Ya-Chien Feng, McGill University, Canada, and Frédéric Fabry
TEC.P24
Deployment of the X-band dual polarization phased array radar in the Dallas-Forth Worth
Urban Demonstration Network.
Krzysztof Orzel, University of Massachusetts, USA, and Lauren Masiunas, Tom Hartley, Stephen
Frasier
TEC.P26
Reuse of existing antenna in Swedish Weather Radar modernization.
Ingemar Carlsson, Saab AB, Sweden