The generating of rainfall fields with a higher resolution than so far observed and with realistic features is a challenge with multiple applications. In particular it could be useful to quantify the uncertainty introduced by the different sources of error affecting radar measurements, in a controlled simulation framework. This paper proposes a method to generate three-dimensional high-resolution rainfall fields based on downscaling meteorological radar data. The technique performs a scale analy...
The generating of rainfall fields with a higher resolution than so far observed and with realistic features is a challenge with multiple applications. In particular it could be useful to quantify the uncertainty introduced by the different sources of error affecting radar measurements, in a controlled simulation framework. This paper proposes a method to generate three-dimensional high-resolution rainfall fields based on downscaling meteorological radar data. The technique performs a scale analysis of the first radar tilt field combining a wavelet model with Fourier analysis. In order to downscale the upper radar elevations and with the aim of preserving the vertical structure, a homotopy of the observed vertical profiles of reflectivity is performed. Preliminary evaluation of the technique shows that it is able to generate realistic extreme values and, at the same time, partially reproduce the structure of small scales.
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Llort, X. [et al.]. 3D downscaling model for radar-based precipitation fields. "Meteorologische zeitschrift", Octubre 2006, vol. 15, núm. 5, p. 505-512.
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