Open AccessThe performance of a C‐Band weather radar during a line convection event
Author(s) -
Shepherd G W,
Searson J,
Pallot A,
Collier C G
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1002/met.5060020109
Subject(s) - precipitation , weather radar , radar , storm , meteorology , environmental science , event (particle physics) , convective storm detection , extreme weather , attenuation , nowcasting , climatology , atmospheric sciences , geology , climate change , geography , physics , computer science , telecommunications , optics , astrophysics , oceanography
This paper reports on a storm event which, due to its extreme nature, produced severe attenuation and local anomalous propagation of the weather radar beam. The effect of this phenomenon on the perceived precipitation is reported, together with the synoptic situation.