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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1995
Kazuhiro Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Murano, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Oikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In the thunder cloud observation system of the present invention, the vertical direction accumulated water content (VIL) is calculated by the VIL arithmetic operation unit from echo strength data obtained by the climate radar, the echo peak temperature is obtained by the echo peak temperature arithmetic operation unit with reference to altitude-temperature comparison data on the basis of high atmospheric climate data, the precipitation area is determined by the area determination unit from the VIL data, and the thunder cloud area generated within the precipitation area is identified from the echo peak temperature data. The thunder cloud area determined by the area determination unit is subjected to the correlation processes in terms of distance and overlapping area by the identification/tracking process unit, thus performing the identification/tracking, and the results of the processes of the area judgment unit and the identification/tracking process unit are displayed in the image display unit. Therefore, even a thunder cloud area regionally generated within a cloud expanding at a relative low altitude can be identified, and the area thereof can be detected and tracked.