Year: 2018 Language: english Author: Robert M. Rauber, Stephen W. Nesbitt Genre: Manual Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 9781118432655 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 484 Description: Meteorological radars are increasingly used professionally for weather observation, forecasting and warning. This manual is a comprehensive introduction to the current technology and application of radar in meteorology and atmospheric sciences. Written by leading experts, the book offers a wide overview to meteorological radar systems and applications, with emphasis on observation and interpretation of physical processes in clouds and weather systems. Essentials variables and quantities are treated, including the radar reflectivity factor, Doppler, dual-polarization, and multi-wavelength radars. The authors highlight wind retrieval from single and multiple Doppler radars, precipitation estimation and hydrometeorological applications, with chapters dedicated to interpretation of radar data from warm season mid-latitude severe weather, winter storms, tropical cyclones and more. In addition the text includes problems at the end of each chapter as a helpful review of the contents, and provides support and answers to problems, available via the book’s instructor website.
Contents
Preface Acknowledgments About the Companion Website Chapters 1. Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 2. Radar Hardware 3. Radar Characteristics 4. The Path of a Radar Ray 5. Power and the Radar Reflectivity Factor 6. Radial Velocity—The Doppler Effect 7. Dual-Polarization Radar 8. Clear Air Echoes 9. Propagation Effects: Attenuation and Refractivity 10. Operational Radar Networks 11. Doppler Velocity Patterns and Single-Radar Wind Retrieval 12. Multiple Doppler Wind Retrieval 13. Precipitation Estimation with Radar 14. Warm Season Convection 15. Extratropical Cyclones 16. Tropical Cyclones 17. Clouds and Vertical Motions Appendix A List of Variables (and Chapters) Appendix B Derivation of the Exact Equation for a Ray Path through a Spherically Stratified Atmosphere Index
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Radar Meteorology, a First Course
Year: 2018
Language: english
Author: Robert M. Rauber, Stephen W. Nesbitt
Genre: Manual
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781118432655
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 484
Description: Meteorological radars are increasingly used professionally for weather observation, forecasting and warning. This manual is a comprehensive introduction to the current technology and application of radar in meteorology and atmospheric sciences. Written by leading experts, the book offers a wide overview to meteorological radar systems and applications, with emphasis on observation and interpretation of physical processes in clouds and weather systems. Essentials variables and quantities are treated, including the radar reflectivity factor, Doppler, dual-polarization, and multi-wavelength radars.
The authors highlight wind retrieval from single and multiple Doppler radars, precipitation estimation and hydrometeorological applications, with chapters dedicated to interpretation of radar data from warm season mid-latitude severe weather, winter storms, tropical cyclones and more. In addition the text includes problems at the end of each chapter as a helpful review of the contents, and provides support and answers to problems, available via the book’s instructor website.
Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgments
About the Companion Website
Chapters
1. Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
2. Radar Hardware
3. Radar Characteristics
4. The Path of a Radar Ray
5. Power and the Radar Reflectivity Factor
6. Radial Velocity—The Doppler Effect
7. Dual-Polarization Radar
8. Clear Air Echoes
9. Propagation Effects: Attenuation and Refractivity
10. Operational Radar Networks
11. Doppler Velocity Patterns and Single-Radar Wind Retrieval
12. Multiple Doppler Wind Retrieval
13. Precipitation Estimation with Radar
14. Warm Season Convection
15. Extratropical Cyclones
16. Tropical Cyclones
17. Clouds and Vertical Motions
Appendix A List of Variables (and Chapters)
Appendix B Derivation of the Exact Equation for a Ray Path through a Spherically Stratified Atmosphere
Index
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