摘要
ESTIMATIONOFVERTICALWINDFIELDFROMSINGLE-DOPPLERRADARRHIOBSERVATIONSPengHong(彭红)andGeRunsheng(葛润生)InstituteofMesoscaleMeteorol...
Abstract A method for estimating the vertical wind field from single-Doppler radar RHI (Range-Height Indicator)observations is developed and demonstrated. This method uses the atmospheric continuity equation, underthe two-dimensional supposition to the real wind , to calculate the wind components perpendicular to the axisof the radar beam within the radar vertical scanning plane. Several experiments are conducted using the ob-servational data from the 10 cm Doppler radar. It is shown that the method is able to retrieve the verticalwind structure of the rain band , which can be further applied in the dynamic analyses of mesoscale weathersystems