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Feng Nai

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Advanced Radar Techniques (ART)

Job Title:Research Scientist

Affiliation:CIWRO

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Phone:(405) 325-6314

Feng is a research scientist and part of the Advanced Radar Techniques team. His research primarily focuses on 1) developing signal processing algorithms to improve weather radar data quality, and 2) utilizing advanced capabilities of phased-array radar to improve weather observations.

Education
Degree (Ph.D, M.S, B.A, etc.) Major Subject University or College Name Year (YYYY) (optional)
Ph. D Electrical Engineering University of Oklahoma 2017
Research Interests
  • Weather radar signal processing
  • Phased-array weather radar
Selected Publications

Boettcher, J., S. Torres, F. Nai, C. Curtis, D. Schvartzman, 2022: A Multidisciplinary Method to Support the Evolution of NWS Weather Radar Technology. Weather and Forecasting, 37, 4, 429–444, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-21-0159.1.

Weber, M., K. Hondl, N. Yussouf, Y. Jung, D. Stratman, B. Putnam, X. Wang, T. Schuur, C. Kuster, Y. Wen, J. Sun, J. Keeler, Z. Ying, J. Cho, J. Kurdzo, S. Torres, C. Curtis, D. Schvartzman, J. Boettcher, F. Nai, H. Thomas, D. Zrnic, I. Ivic, D. Mirkovic, C. Fulton, J. Salazar, G. Zhang, R. Palmer, M. Yeary, K. Cooley, M. Istok, M. Vincent, 2021: Towards the Next Generation Operational Meteorological Radar. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102, E2357–E1383, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0067.1.

Nai, F., S. Torres, C. Curtis, 2020: Mitigating the Impact of Azimuthal Sampling on the Strength of Radar-Observed Circulations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 37, 1103–1116, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0152.1.

Nai, F., J. Boettcher, C. Curtis, D. Schvartzman, S. Torres, 2020: The Impact of Elevation Sidelobe Contamination on Radar Data Quality for Operational Interpretation. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59, 707–724, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0092.1.

Nai, F., S. Torres, R. Palmer, 2016: Adaptive Beamspace Processing for Phased-Array Weather Radars. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 5688–5698, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2570138.

Nai, F., S. Torres, R. Palmer, 2013: On the mitigation of wind-turbine clutter for weather radars using range-Doppler spectral processing. IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, 7, 178–190, doi:10.1049/iet-rsn.2012.0225.