Conference Presentations – 2019

Select Conference Presentations and Extended Abstracts Given in 2019

Cocks, S., L. Tang, J. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, P. Zhang, and K. Howard, 2019: Enhancing specific attenuation rainfall estimates in stratiform and convective rain regimes. 39th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Nara, Japan, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 10A-01. [Link]

Hanft, W., and J. Zhang, 2019: Bright band delineation and radial-dependent AVPR corrections for QPE improvements in MRMS. 39th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Nara, Japan, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 3-69. [Link]

Hanft, W., J. Zhang, P. Bukovcic, A. Ryzhkov, S. B. Cocks, S. M. Martinaitis, and K. W. Howard, 2019: Dual-polarization radar snow QPE in MRMS. 39th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Nara, Japan, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 3-70. [Link]

Zhang, J., L. Tang, S. Cocks, P. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, C. Langston, B. Kaney, and K. Howard, 2019: Advantages and challenges of a specific attenuation based radar QPE for operations. 39th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Nara, Japan, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 4B-05. [Link]

Martinaitis, S. M., S. B. Cocks, A. P. Osborne, M. J. Simpson, J. Zhang, and K. Howard, 2019: The historic rainfalls of Hurricanes Harvey and Florence: A view from the MRMS system. 44th Natl. Wea. Assoc. Annual Meeting, Huntsville, AL, P2.47.

Cocks, S. B., L. Tang, S. M. Martinaitis, J. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, P. Zhang, and K. W. Howard, 2019: Inter-comparisons of radar-based QPE performance for continental, stratiform, and tropical rain regimes. 33rd Conf. on Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 13.3. [Link]

Cocks, S. B., L. Tang, S. M. Martinaitis, J. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, P. Zhang, and K. W. Howard, 2019: A one year assessment of four radar-based QPEs across the continental US. 33rd Conf. on Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 866. [Link]

Hanft, W., J. Zhang, and S. M. Martinaitis, 2019: A detailed evaluation of the MRMS snow QPE. 33rd Conf. on Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 872. [Link]

Martinaitis, S. M., S. B. Cocks, A. P. Osborne, M. J. Simpson, J. Zhang, and K. W. Howard, 2019: Determining how much rain fell during Hurricane Harvey: A perspective from the MRMS system. 33rd Conf. on Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 24. [Link]

Martinaitis, S. M., A. P. Osborne, M. J. Simpson, C. Langston, J. Zhang, and K. W. Howard, 2019: Improving coverage and accuracy of precipitation estimates for NOAA and NWS through a multi-sensor precipitation scheme. 33rd Conf. on Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 11A.4. [Link]

Osborne, A. P., J. Zhang, S. M. Martinaitis, and K. W. Howard, 2019: Evaluating the gap-filling capabilities of satellite and model precipitation products within the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) system. 33rd Conf. on Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 12A.2. [Link]

Simpson, M. J., B. Kaney, L. Tang, N. Goldacker, S. B. Cocks, J. Zhang, and K. W. Howard, 2019: A real time method to diagnose and mitigate horizontal and vertical noise degradation in the WSR-88D network. 35th Conf. on Environmental Information Processing Technologies, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 832. [Link]

Tang, L., and Y. Wang, 2019: A Bayesian approach to identify non-hydrometeor echoes using single-polarization radar data. 35th Conf. on Environmental Information Processing Technologies, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 831. [Link]

Tang, L., D. J. Seo, M. Nabatian, J. Zhang, K. W. Howard, and D. Kitzmiller, 2019: Comparative evaluation of merging and local bias correction for radar-gauge QPE. 9th Conf. on Transition of Research to Operations, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 11.2. [Link]

Zhang, J., K. W. Howard, S. M. Martinaitis, L. Tang, S. B. Cocks, A. P. Osborne, M. J. Simpson, C. Langston, B. Kaney, K. Cooper, A. Arthur, J. Brogden, W. Hanft, 2019: MRMS version 12 QPE products update – 2018/2019. 35th Conf. on Environmental Information Processing Technologies, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 4B.3. [Link]