On the Use of Radar in Identifying Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms

On the Use of Radar in Identifying Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms
Author: Roger C. Whiton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1971
Genre: Radar cross sections
ISBN:

This report contains material taken from the available literature on identifying severe thunderstorms, hail, and tornadoes from radar echoes. Radar echo signatures indicating severe weather are consolidated for geographical areas and weather types to afford the radar meteorologist easy access to the findings of several investigators in the weather radar field. Information concerning X-band, S-band, and C-band radars is included.

NUREG/CR.

NUREG/CR.
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1978
Genre: Nuclear energy
ISBN:

Doppler Radar & Weather Observations

Doppler Radar & Weather Observations
Author: Richard J. Doviak
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2014-08-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 148329482X

This book reviews the principles of Doppler radar and emphasizes the quantitative measurement of meteorological parameters. It illustrates the relation of Doppler radar data and images to atmospherix phenomena such as tornados, microbursts, waves, turbulence, density currents, hurricanes, and lightning. Radar images and photographs of these weather phenomena are included. - Polarimetric measurements and data processing - An updated section on RASS - Wind profilers - Observations with the WSR-88D - An updated treatment of lightning - Turbulence in the planetary boundary layer - A short history of radar - Chapter problem sets

Radarscope Interpretation: Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes

Radarscope Interpretation: Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Author: Roger C. Whiton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1976
Genre: Radar meteorology
ISBN:

This report contains material taken from the available literature on identifying severe thunderstorms, hail, and tornadoes from radar echoes. Radar echo signatures indicating severe weather are consolidated for geographical areas and weather types to afford the radar meteorologist easy access to the findings of several investigators in the weather radar field. Information concerning X-band, S-band, and C-band radars is included. (Author).