Korea Meteorological Administration

Jeong-Eun Lee

Sung-Hwa Jung

SooHyun Kwon

A reflectivity correction method using a double polarization variable-based bright band detection result includes a preprocessing operation for correcting a double polarization variable observation error and calculating a depolarization ratio; a fuzzy classifier generation operation for calculating a weighting and a membership function of each characteristic variable using a bright band height extracted from a quasi-vertical profile generated from specific elevation angle data, a bright band detection operation for detecting a bright band using a depolarization ratio and a fuzzy classifier for each elevation angle, and a reflectivity correction operation for correcting reflectivity over-observation for a detected bright band region on the basis of a correction factor calculated using an apparent profile of reflectivity generated by averaging reflectivity data for the bright band region for each elevation angle. Thus, it is possible to improve the accuracy of precipitation estimation by using the corrected reflectivity.

Method for correction of reflectivity on identified bright band based on polarimetric observations, recording medium and device for performing the method

A method for monitoring a real-time calibration bias in radar reflectivity includes monitoring a radar reflectivity change by calculating a relative bias of reflectivity based on the change in reflectivity to ground echo reflectivity of a specific time, estimating calibration bias in reflectivity from the relative bias of reflectivity and a differential phase based on self-consistency between dual-polarimetric variables during a rainfall period, verifying the calibration bias in reflectivity by calculating a reflectivity mean bias through comparison of reflectivity of an overlapping area between two adjacent radars in a radar observation network by applying the estimated calibration bias to each of the two adjacent radars, and recalculating the calibration bias in reflectivity when the reflectivity mean bias between the two adjacent radars is larger than a first threshold. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the calibrated reflectivity data in real-time.

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Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea

Jeong-Eun Lee