A Monitoring and Early Warning Method Based on Regional Radar Network for Severe Convective Weather
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Abstract:
Based on 7 S-band dual polarized weather radars in Ningbo and its surrounding areas, the paper develops a monitoring and early warning method of regional radar network for severe convective weather. The method is quantitatively evaluated through 43 cases of severe convective weather., and the result shows that: 1. The amount of data provided per minute by the regional radars network is about 2.66 times that of Ningbo Radar. And it can provide more information for the observation of boundary layers below 1km; 2. The method can respond promptly to severe convective weather in the observation area. Hail warning and downburst warning can be advanced about 79 minutes and 42.6 minutes respectively ahead of live weather;3. Compared to Ningbo radar station, the monitoring and early warning method of regional radars network identifies the convective initiation about 4 minutes in advance, predicts hail process about 12.2 minutes in advance, and predicts downburst process about 13.3 minutes in advance. At the same time, the early warning accuracy rate of the regional radar network for downburst triggered by Mγ CS reaches 100%; 4. The method can be applied to all the central eastern part of China"s land area as well as a small portion of the western and northeastern regions, covering approximately 44000km^2 of land. And the method could have a good application potential in the Yangtze River Delta region, Hubei to Guangzhou area, and Anhui to Shandong area.