{"id":2530,"date":"2015-07-21T10:35:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T15:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2016-05-05T11:44:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T16:44:49","slug":"significant-paper-snyder-jeffrey-c-ryzhkov-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/2015\/07\/significant-paper-snyder-jeffrey-c-ryzhkov-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant Paper: Automated Detection of Polarimeteric Tornadic Debris Signatures using A Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/sig1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2552 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/sig1-400x372.png\" alt=\"sig1\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/sig1-400x372.png 400w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/sig1-200x186.png 200w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/sig1.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Automated Detection of Polarimeteric Tornadic\u00a0Debris\u00a0Signatures using A Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Journal:\u00a0<b>Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology<\/b><br \/>\nPublication Date: Online 7\/2\/2015<\/p>\n<p><b>Authors:<\/b>\u00a0<b>Snyder,\u00a0Jeffrey C., Ryzhkov, Alexander.<\/b><br \/>\n<b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Important conclusions:\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nSince debris lofted by tornadoes has scattering\u00a0characteristics that are distinct from those\u00a0of hydrometeors, the\u00a0additional information provided by polarimetric weather radars can aid\u00a0in identifying debris from tornadoes.\u00a0 The polarimetric tornadic debris\u00a0signature (TDS)\u00a0provides what is nearly \u201cground truth\u201d that a\u00a0tornado is ongoing\u00a0(or had recently occurred).This paper presents a modification to the existing hydrometeor classification algorithm used with the Weather Surveillance Radar &#8211; 1988 Doppler network in the U.S. to include a Tornado Debris Signature (TDS) category. Examples of automated TDS classification are provided for several recent cases observed in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><b>Significance:<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>As we continue to refine the algorithm, we think that it my prove very useful to operational meteorologists. Emergency responders may also find value in the product given the association between TDSs and damaging tornadoes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automated Detection of Polarimeteric Tornadic\u00a0Debris\u00a0Signatures using A Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm Journal:\u00a0Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Publication Date: Online 7\/2\/2015 Authors:\u00a0Snyder,\u00a0Jeffrey C., Ryzhkov, Alexander. Important conclusions:\u00a0 Since debris lofted by tornadoes has scattering\u00a0characteristics that are\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":2552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[63,182,336],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-news","tag-cimms","tag-hot-items","tag-nssl"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3681,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions\/3681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}