Tuesday program








Plenary session Schouwburg Chair: Frank Marzano Tuesday, 3 July 2018






8:30–9:00	Keynote on Mesoscale And Severe Weather PERFORMANCE OF A NEW ALGORITHM FOR NOWCASTING ANOMALOUS TRAJECTORIES A. Del Moral, T. Rigo, and M. C. Llasat abstract 161, extended abstract
9:00–9:30	Keynote on Radar Networking A RENDEZVOUS OF RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS – THE NEW SWISS RADAR GENERATION U. Germann, M. Gabella, H. Barras, Y. Barton, N. Besic, M. Boscacci, L. Clementi, J. Figueras, L. Foresti, J. Grazioli, U. Hamann, A. Hering, D. Nerini, L. Nisi, L. Panziera, M. Sartori, I. Sideris, S. Trefalt, F. Van Den Heuvel, and B. Calpini abstract 389
9:30–10:00	Keynote on Use Of Weather Radar Data In NWP Models A MOMENT-BASED POLARIMETRIC RADAR FORWARD OPERATOR FOR RAIN MICROPHYSICS M. R. Kumjian, C. P. Martinkus, O. P. Prat, S. Collis, H. C. Morrison, and M. Van Lier-Walqui abstract 291







Coffee, poster viewing, and exhibition- 10:00–10:30, New York












Microphysical Studies Schouwburg Tuesday, 3 July 2018 Chair: Daniel Sempere-Torres






10:30–10:45	VERTICAL VARIABILTIY RAIN DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION FROM DISDROMETER AND MICRO RAIN RADAR MEASUREMENTS E. Adirosi, A. Tokay, N. Roberto, E. Gorgucci, M. Montopoli, and L. Baldini abstract 332
10:45–11:00	IMPACT EVALUATION OF VERTICAL AIR VELOCITY ON THE MICROPHYSICAL RETRIEVALS BY K BAND RADAR PROFILERS USING COMBINED UHF AND S BAND PRODUCTS. M. Montopoli, E. Adirosi, N. Roberto, and L. Baldini abstract 270
11:00–11:15	MULTI-FREQUENCY RADAR RETRIEVAL OF SNOWFALL MICROPHYSICS J. Leinonen, M. D. Lebsock, O. O. Sy, S. Tanelli, B. Dolan, R. J. Chase, J. A. Finlon, D. Moisseev, and A. Von Lerber abstract 078, extended abstract
11:15–11:30	A MICROPHYSICAL RETRIEVAL FOR THE DUAL-FREQUENCY PRECIPITATION RADAR K. Mroz and A. Battaglia abstract 216
11:30–11:45	CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VERTICAL PROFILES OF DUAL-POLARIZATION RADAR OBSERVATIONS IN AND ABOVE THE BRIGHT BAND AT S, C AND X-BANDS Clotilde Augros, Nan Yu, and Nicolas Gaussiat abstract 296
11:45–12:00	VERTICAL PROFILE OF REFLECTIVITY FROM K-BAND RADAR OBSERVATIONS IN EAST ANTARCTICA C. Duran-Alarcon, A. Berne, B. Boudevillain, C. Genthon, and N. Souverijns And N. P. M. Van Lipzig abstract 398







Mesoscale And Severe Weather Cerise Tuesday, 3 July 2018 Chair: Irene Crisologo






10:30–10:45	WEATHER RADAR DERIVED RAIN CELL SIZE STATISTICS FOR LOWER AUSTRIA R. Teschl, F. Teschl, S. Tani, and H. Paulitsch abstract 290
10:45–11:00	CHARACTERISTICS OF CONVECTIVE AGGREGATION IN MID-LATITUDES IDENTIFIED IN A DOPPLER C-BAND RADAR NETWORK I. Pscheidt and S. Trömel abstract 194
11:00–11:15	CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA IN DIFFERING WET SEASON REGIMES R. Jackson, S. Collis, A Protat, V Louf, W Lin, A. Vogelmann, and S. Endo abstract 353
11:15–11:30	EARLY DETECTION OF DEEP CONVECTION USING NWCSAF RDT PRODUCT AND NATIONAL RADAR MOSAIC IN ITALY R. Cremonini, M. Celano, P. P. Alberoni, R. Bechini, V. Campana, G. Vulpiani, and P. Giordano abstract 317
11:30–11:45	FRESH WATER FLUX ESTIMATED BY SHIPBOARD C-BAND POLARIMETRIC RADAR AND ITS POSSIBLE IMPACT TO THE OCEANIC STRATIFICATION OBSERVED IN THE MARITIME CONTINENT M. Katsumata, B. Geng, S. Yokoi, S. Mori, R. Shirooka, and I. Ueki abstract 117
11:45–12:00	IMPACT OF MULTIPLE RADAR REFLECTIVITY DATA ASSIMILATION ON THE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A FLASH FLOOD EVENT DURING THE HYMEX CAMPAIGN I. Maiello, S. Gentile, R. Ferretti, L. Baldini, N. Roberto, E. Picciotti, P. P. Alberoni, and F. S. Marzano abstract 017







Lunch, poster viewing, and exhibition- 12:00–13:00, New York












Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Schouwburg Tuesday, 3 July 2018 Chair: Alexis Berne






13:00–13:15	INVESTIGATION INTO USING A NEURAL NETWORK TO SELECT BETWEEN USING FILTERED OR ALOFT MEASUREMENTS TO IMPROVE QPE IN CLUTTER CONTAMINATED REGIONS S. Lyons, T. Darlington, S. Torres, and D. Warde abstract 214
13:15–13:30	A SIMULATION-BASED AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF SKYSCRAPERS AND WIND TURBINE FARMS ON WEATHER RADAR DATA Kurtuluş Öztürk, Alper Çubuk, Osman Karabayir, and Elif Uçurum abstract 245
13:30–13:45	HOW TO BENEFIT FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS TO SIMULATE PARTIAL BEAM BLOCKAGE? K. Mühlbauer and M. Heistermann abstract 068
13:45–14:00	X-BAND RADAR ATTENUATION STATISTICS: HOW OFTEN DO WE LOSE THE SIGNAL? H. Leijnse abstract 406







Radar Networking Cerise Tuesday, 3 July 2018 Chair: Iwan Holleman






13:00–13:15	PROSPECT OF IMPLEMENTING THE ADVANCED RADAR REFRACTIVITY TECHNIQUE ON OPERATIONAL RADARS Ya-Chien Feng, Frederic Fabry, and Micahel M. Bell abstract 370
13:15–13:30	NEW OPERATION STRATEGIES FOR NATIONWIDE WEATHER RADAR NETWORK IN KOREA Sung-Hwa Jung, Jong-Seong Kim, Youn Choi, Sunki Lee, Dong-Jin Kim, and Jeong-Whan Lee abstract 242
13:30–13:45	SEVERE WEATHER AND HAIL DETECTION USING THE X BAND WEATHER RADAR TUSCANY NETWORK A. Antonini, S. Melani, A. Ortolani, A. Telleschi, A. Lombardi, I. Giannini, and B. Gozzini abstract 331, extended abstract
13:45–14:00	THE CASA DALLAS-FORT WORTH URBAN DEMONSTRATION NETWORK AFTER 5 YEARS OPERATION: ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES FROM A UNIQUE PLATFORM OF COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ENTITIES V. Chandrasekar, Haonan Chen, Brenda Philips, Francesc Junyent, Eric Lyons, and Apoorva Bajaj abstract 355







Coffee, poster viewing, and exhibition- 14:00–16:00, New York












Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Schouwburg Tuesday, 3 July 2018 Chair: Kurtuluş Öztürk






16:00–16:15	RADAR-RAINFALL ESTIMATION USING SPECIFIC ATTENUATION: IMPROVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES B. -C. Seo, W. F. Krajewski, and A. Ryzhkov abstract 076
16:15–16:30	INCLUDING THE TIME DIMENSION IN RADAR-RAINGAUGE BLENDING Marc Berenguer, Daniel Sempere-Torres, Eduardo Cassiraga, and Jaime Gomez-Hernandez abstract 361
16:30–16:45	PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY BETWEEN AFTERNOON MIXED LAYER AND FREE ATMOSPHERE CLOUDS IN SEMI-ARID SOUTHEAST ARIZONA Pieter Hazenberg, Max Mitchell, Erika Cropp, Dave Goodrich, Eleonora Demaria, Mark Kautz, and Walter Petersen abstract 420
16:45–17:00	A DUAL-POL RADAR SYNTHETIC QPE FOR OPERATIONS J. Zhang, L. Tang, S. Cocks, P. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, and K. Howard abstract 309
17:00–17:15	CLOUD RADAR SPECTRAL POLARIMETRY FOR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION A. Myagkov and T. Rose abstract 337
17:15–17:30	THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CANADIAN OPERATIONAL DUAL-POLARIZATION RAINFALL ESTIMATION ALGORITHM S. Boodoo, D. Hudak, N. Donaldson, J. Reid, D. Michelson, M. Couture, P. Rodriguez, and V. Stojanovic abstract 229, extended abstract
17:30–17:45	QUALITY-BASED RADAR DATA PROCESSING AND QPE AT THE SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE L. Méri, M. Jurašek , L. Okon, and J. Kaňák abstract 142, extended abstract
17:45–18:00	THE EUROPEAN CLIMATOLOGICAL HIGH-RESOLUTION GAUGE-ADJUSTED RADAR RAINFALL DATASET A. Overeem, G. Van Der Schrier, E. V. Van Der Plas, G. Lenderink, H. Leijnse, J. F. Meirink, S. Park, M. Berenguer, and D. Sempere-Torres abstract 059







New And Emerging Radar Technologies Cerise Tuesday, 3 July 2018 Chair: Luca Baldini






16:00–16:15	BISTATIC SCATTERING FROM BRAGG TURBULENCE AT X-BAND: A POTENTIAL MECHANISM FOR CLEAR AIR SENSING USING CASA-TYPE RADAR NETWORKS David J. Mclaughlin abstract 403, extended abstract
16:15–16:30	THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR AT THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY S. Torres and K. Hondl abstract 178
16:30–16:45	X-BAND PHASED-ARRAY POLARIMETRIC RADAR TESTBED: STATUS AND INITIAL RESULTS S. J. Frasier, W. Heberling, C. Wolsieffer, and M. Adam abstract 026
16:45–17:00	OSAKA URBAN PHASED ARRAY RADAR NETWORK EXPERIMENT Tomoo Ushio, H. Kikuchi, T. Mega, F. Mizutani, M. Wada, N. Takahashi, and S. Satoh abstract 053
17:00–17:15	AN ALL-DIGITAL POLARIMETRIC PHASED ARRAY RADAR FOR COMBINED WEATHER AND AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE Robert Palmer, Caleb Fulton, Jorge Salazar, Hjalti Sigmarsson, and Mark Yeary abstract 159
17:15–17:30	WEATHER OBSERVATIONS WITH A PHASED ARRAY RADAR L. Borowska, D. Zrnic, Y. Zhang, and G. Zhang abstract 177
17:30–17:45	DIFFERENTIAL PHASE UPON TRANSMISSION AS A NEW RADAR PARAMETER Valery Melnikov abstract 107, extended abstract
17:45–18:00	THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL) AS A TESTBED OF RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM COMMERCIAL MICROWAVE LINK NETWORKS M. F. Rios Gaona, A. Overeem, H. Leijnse, T. Raupach, and R. Uijlenhoet abstract 404