Computer Program for Calculating Average Lengths of Weather Radar Echoes and Pattern Bandedness
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- 1 September 1966
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Vol. 23 (5) , 569-574
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1966)023<0569:cpfcal>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The average length of echoes and a measure of pattern bandedness in digitized PPI displays are estimated from exponential-function approximations to the pattern autocorrelation coefficients. Average echo lengths estimated by the computer are correlated to actual lengths in 39 cases with a coefficient of 0.9. This processing of radar weather data may be useful for characterizing mesoscale transport processes and for operational problems such as air traffic control. Abstract The average length of echoes and a measure of pattern bandedness in digitized PPI displays are estimated from exponential-function approximations to the pattern autocorrelation coefficients. Average echo lengths estimated by the computer are correlated to actual lengths in 39 cases with a coefficient of 0.9. This processing of radar weather data may be useful for characterizing mesoscale transport processes and for operational problems such as air traffic control.Keywords
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