Conference Presentations – 2017

Select Conference Presentations and Extended Abstracts Given in 2017

Martinaitis, S. M., J. Zhang, and K. Howard, 2017: Upcoming improvements to the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) product suite. 42nd Natl. Wea. Assoc. Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA. [Link]

Martinaitis, S. M., Y. Qi, C. Langston, J. Zhang, and K. Howard, 2017: Improving QPE coverage and estimation: The MRMS Multi-Sensor Merged QPE – Phase I. 42nd Natl. Wea. Assoc. Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA. [Link]

Zhang, J., Y. Qi, L. Tang, S. B. Cocks, Y. Wang, P. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, C. Langston, and B. T. Kaney, 2017: MRMS dual-polarization radar synthetic QPE. 38th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Chicago, IL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 22B.3. [Link]

Tang, L., J. Zhang, P. Zhang, A. V. Ryzhkov, S. B. Cocks, and Y. Wang, 2017: Melting layer impact on the radar rainfall estimation using the specific attenuation. 38th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Chicago, IL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 258. [Link]

Tang, L., J. Zhang, Y. Qi. S. B. Cocks, and K. W. Howard, 2017: Radar beam blockage processes in the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor system. 38th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Chicago, IL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 179. [Link]

Rosenow, A. A., K. W. Howard, and J. Meitín, 2017: Gap-filling mobile radar observations of a snow squall in the San Luis Valley. 38th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Chicago, IL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 220. [Link]

Reeves, H. D., L. Tang, J. Zhang, J. Brogden, and K. Howard, 2017: Quantifying the latency within mosaicked radar products and assessing impacts on operations. 38th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Chicago, IL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 61. [Link]

Tang, L., J. Zhang, A. Arthur, and C. Langston, 2017: Update to the blockage data for WSR-88D radars used in the MRMS system. 33rd Conf. on Environmental Information Processing Technologies, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 444. [Link]

Reeves, H. D., L. Tang, J. Zhang, J. Brogden, and K. W. Howard, 2017: Latency within mosaicked radar products and its effect on aviation operations. 18th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteor., Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 14.3. [Link]

Reeves, H. D., and K. W. Howard, 2017: Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor tools for aviation. 18th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteor., Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 14.6. [Link]

Martinaitis, S. M., H. M. Grams, B. T. Kaney, S. S. Harkema, and K. W. Howard, 2017: The need for robust and accurate precipitation gauge metadata for radar-based QPE. 31st Conf. on Hydrology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1096. [Link]

Martinaitis, S. M., H. M. Grams, J. Zhang, K. W. Howard, and Y. Qi, 2017: Applying an evaporation correction scheme for real-time radar-based instantaneous rain rates. 31st Conf. on Hydrology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1092. [Link]

Harkema, S. S., H. M. Grams, S. M. Martinaitis, and B. T. Kaney, 2017: Impact of rain gauge location errors on verification of radar-based precipitation estimates. 31st Conf. on Hydrology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 10.3. [Link]