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DYMECS. DYnamical and Microphysical Evolution of Convective Storms. Thorwald Stein, Robin Hogan, John Nicol. Rainfall [mm/hr] for 7 August 2010 06:10:00 Centered around the Chilbolton radar location. 250. 200. MetOffice Nimrod data Rainfall radar images 1km res 5min interval
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DYMECS DYnamical and MicrophysicalEvolution of Convective Storms Thorwald Stein, Robin Hogan, John Nicol
Rainfall [mm/hr] for 7 August 2010 06:10:00 Centered around the Chilbolton radar location 250 200 • MetOffice Nimrod data • Rainfall radar images 1km res • 5min interval • 1/32=0.03125 mm/hr 150 100 50
0.5 mm/hr 200 • Labelling algorithm • Threshold for minimum rainfall • Threshold for minimum feature size (4km2) 150 100 50
2.0 mm/hr 200 • Labelling algorithm • Threshold for minimum rainfall • Threshold for minimum feature size (4km2) 150 100 50
1.0 mm/hr 200 • Labelling algorithm • Threshold for minimum rainfall • Threshold for minimum feature size (4km2) 150 100 50
1.0 mm/hr 200 • Keep label consistent between images (red) • Register break ups (yellow) • Highlight new storms (green) • Store track (magenta) and lifetime 150 100 50
200 • Per storm, store: • Area • Azimuth • Range • [u,v] • Centroid • Bounding box • Et cetera... • Local rainfall maxima within storm (core, cell) work in progress... 150 100 50
200 Following a long-lived storm 150 100 50
Processing tree (in minutes) 11:30 New scanprocedure submittedto Chilbolton radar 0:00 Met Office Radar network Volume scan 11:00 Tracking done.File with storm propsand labels produced. 10:30 Nimrod datacut to size on400x400km grid 10:00 Nimrod datafrom BADC now at Chilbolton 05:00 Nimrod rainfall data produced
Scan Scheduling Prioritize storms that are already beingtracked
Scan Scheduling Prioritize storms that are already beingtracked