Cathy Kessinger Scott Ellis, Joe Van Andel, John Hubbert, Greg Meymaris, Mike Dixon
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28 April 2005 NEXRAD TAC Meeting Slide 1
Cathy Kessinger
Scott Ellis, Joe Van Andel, John Hubbert,
Greg Meymaris, Mike Dixon
NEXRAD Data Quality Optimization
AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme
Research Applications Laboratory/ Earth Observing Systems
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AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme
• Objective -- automatic detection and suppression of AP clutter to improve hydrology and aviation products for the WSR-88D
• Approach:– Separate clutter from precipitation return using the
Radar Echo Classifier (REC) • AP Clutter Detection Algorithm (REC-APDA)
• Precipitation Detection Algorithm (REC-PDA)
– Current: remove clutter gates during RPG processing
– Future: Transition REC to ORDA and remove clutter in spectral domain
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ORPG Radar Echo Classifier (REC)
• REC-APDA classifies return from clutter
• REC-PDA classifies return from precipitation
• Fuzzy logic, data fusion algorithms– Independent from each other
– Moment data (Z, V, W) are input
– Likelihood field is output (0-100%)
• Run in RPG – REC-APDA deployed Fall 2002
– REC-PDA to be deployed in future
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AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme
• Enhanced Precipitation Preprocessor (EPRE) – Builds the Hybrid Scan Reflectivity (HSR) for input into radar-
derived rainfall algorithm
– REC-APDA used as quality control (QC) for clutter
– If clutter detected (REC-APDA>50%), next elevation angle used for HSR
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Modification to EPRE QC
• Installed ORPG Common Operating Development Environment (CODE) at NCAR– REC-PDA ported to CODE
– EPRE modified• QC does extra check w/ REC-PDA
• For gate to be rejected it must:– Be clutter (REC-APDA > 50%), OR
– Not be precipitation (REC-PDA < 50%)
• Have run a few, selected cases using this new QC– Results look very favorable
– More testing needed
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REC-APDA and REC-PDA results
• St. Louis KLSX– 1 Nov 2004
• Note: – REC-APDA finds
clutter
– REC-PDA finds precipitation (not clutter)
Radial velocity Reflectivity
REC-APDA REC-PDA
AP clutter
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REC-APDA and REC-PDA results• In mixed clutter and
precipitation cases, – REC-APDA gives a
missed detection (REC-APDA<50%)
– REC-PDA does not classify it as precipitation (REC-PDA<50%)
• 2nd QC check for EPRE– Better HSR results
• Recall, for gate to be rejected it must:– Be clutter
(REC-APDA > 50%)– OR – Not be precipitation
(REC-PDA < 50%)
Radial velocity Reflectivity
REC-APDA REC-PDA
Clutter mixed with
weather
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HSR using only REC-APDA
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HSR using REC-PDA and REC-APDA
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Summary of RPG REC
• Adding REC-PDA to EPRE quality control checks will improve quality of Hybrid Scan Reflectivity
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Migration from RPG into ORDA
• ORDA allows spectral processing techniques
• Moving REC-APDA to ORDA will allow clutter filter control – only filter the clutter targets, not precipitation
• Preliminary Spectral REC-APDA coded
Result: Stratiform precipitation is retained!!
LegacyRDA
ORPGMomentsI & Q Products
AP Clutter Control
a) Old ORPG-based Scheme
ORDACorrected Moments
I & Q
ORPGREC
Products
AP Clutter Control
b) New ORDA-based Scheme
SZ Alg.
(NP Clutter)
RECUncorrectedMoments
Spectral Variables
REC
Clutter orPrecipitation
REC
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Spectral Variables in REC
• With ORDA, input spectral domain variables into REC– Variables under test include:
• F(gi) = power at the gi velocity index
• Cp = ∑ [F(g0) + F(g-1) + F(g+1)] (power at 0th coefficient, blue region)
• Pnz = ∑ [F(g-3) + F(g-2) + F(g+2) + F(g+3)] (power near 0th coefficient, green region)
• Ptot = ∑ F(gi) where i = -n to +n (total power, summation of all gi)
• Ratio 1 = Cp/(Ptot – Cp)
• Ratio 2 = Cp/Pnz
g0g-1 g1g-2 g2g-3 g3
Clutter
Precipitation
g-i g+i
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Ratios 1 and 2
Ratio 1 Ratio 2
Reflectivity Radial Velocity
NP Clutter
Precipitation
• Definitions:– Ratio 1 = Cp/(Ptot – Cp)
– Ratio 2 = Cp/Pnz
• Precipitation has values near zero
• Clutter has high values
• Membership functions devised for APDA and ran through REC
• Comparison made:– Original APDA (without
SW field)
– Adding Ratio1 and 2 as additional feature fields
– Adding Ratio 1 and 2 and removing the VE and SDVE feature fields
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PowerVelocity
High Mag of Previous Slide
Original APDA(no SW)
APDA + Ratio1 + Ratio2APDA + Ratio1 + Ratio2No Doppler
• Blue oblongs: precipitation only
• Red oblongs: clutter only
• Adding spectral variables improves the APDA performance– Discrimination between
precipitation return and clutter is improved
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Spectral REC-APDA
• Preliminary version of Spectral REC
• Uses same feature fields as ORPG REC-APDA– Spectral variables will be added soon
– Local area is 2 beams on either side, 8 gates long
• In the example shown in following slides, the clutter filter is enabled only where the REC-APDA identifies the echo as clutter or mixed clutter and precipitation– Purely precipitation echoes are not clutter-filtered
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• Time series data collected on March 28, 2004
• Low PRF (320 Hz), gate spacing 225 m, 0.5 deg elevation
Unfiltered Moment Data: S-Pol at Marshall, CO
Reflectivity Radial Velocity Spectrum Width
Zero m/s
Zero m/s
Mixed Mixed Mixed
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• Spectral REC-APDA identifies clutter
• GMAP removes it
Filtered Moment Data: S-Pol at Marshall, CO
Reflectivity Radial Velocity Spectrum Width
Mixed
Zero m/s
Zero m/s
Mixed Mixed
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Summary
• Moving the REC-APDA to the ORDA allows:– Spectral variables to be used
– Provides better clutter/precipitation discrimination
– Better preserve stratiform precipitation near zero m/s
– Clutter filter only applied to clutter and mixed clutter/precipitation echoes
• Filters not applied to purely precipitation echoes