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Travis SmithHazardous Weather Forecasts & Warnings
Nowcasting Applications
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2NSSL Laboratory Review February 17-19, 2009
“Nowcasting” Applications
Remotely sensed detection
0-2 hour warning / forecast
High temporal and spatial resolution
Assistance for warning decision-making.
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Limitations of early algorithms
Entire feature reduced to a point
Need to quantify uncertainty, rather than a deterministic answer
Need better quality control and higher resolution data
Need all meteorological information that went into algorithm decision
Not easy to integrate data from multiple sensors
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Multiple sensors
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Blended 3D multi-radar data
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Radars in network supplement each other:
Overlapping coverageFills in gaps from terrain blockage Increased sampling frequency
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Example: Blending data from multiple
sources
SatelliteRadarLightning
Height of -20C Isotherm
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Examples: Multi-sensor data
fieldsShow physical relationships between data fields from multiple sensors
Storm tracks and trends can be generated at any spatial scale, for any data fields
Near-surface reflectivity
Reflectivity @ -20 C
(~6.5 km AGL)
Total Lightning Density
Max Expected Size of Hail
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Users
We produce about 100 different data fields in real-time
Storm Prediction Center operations (& other NCEP)5 NWS Forecast Offices – direct feedsGoogle Earth layer: 12,000 unique users, 3.5M to 12M hits per month (including additional NWS users)Licensed to private industry: 46% of US TV stations
Transition to NWS operations once AWIPS2 deployed
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Hazardous Weather Testbed / Experimental
Warning ProgramContinued collaboration
with forecasters is vital!
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10NSSL Laboratory Review February 17-19, 2009
Ongoing / Future research
Integrating new data sources
Polarimetric radar dataPhased Array RadarTotal Lightning (GOES-R & ground-based sensors)
CONUS-scale 3D radar re-analysis at 1km / 5 min –
data mining1995 – present
0° C
0° C
Zdr “column”
Reflectivity
Cross-section
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Summary
Science and applications to support nowcasting:
Multi-sensor applicationsForecaster-drivenProducts show physical process relationshipsMoving towards probabilistic hazard informationWide use across NWS and private sector
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