Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0561187
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Radar Studies of Rainfall with Applications to Forecasting. Weather watch radars are used to predict severe weather events, with echo strengths depending on the number of rain drops in the beam. With suitable calibration the echo intensities can be used to predict rainfall rates. In 2005 the Bureau of Meteorology will establish a new weather radar near Adelaide. We will compare rainfall estimates made with the new radar with results from a VHF profiler that accurately measures rain drop distributions and rainfall. The aim is to test the weather radar estimates of rainfall rates and their uncertainties. Outcomes will have applications in flood forecasting and hydrology.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2005
End Date: 12-2008
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $72,444.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Atmospheric Sciences | Surfacewater Hydrology | Meteorology
