Automatic tracking of convective cells and cell complexes from lightning and radar data
- Author(s)
- Reinhold Steinacker, Manfred Dorninger, Fritz Wölfelmaier, Thomas Krennert
- Abstract
A new automatic tracking method for convective cells and cell complexes is introduced. The method uses a simple Gaussfilter and a selection procedure to define displacement vectors of the specific system. The change of the half width of the filter results in a separation of the system's scale. The proposed method is applied on two data sources: lightning density and RADAR reflectivity. They describe different properties of convective cells and cell complexes. A strong connection of the storm tracks to topography becomes also evident.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Meteorology and Geophysics
- External organisation(s)
- University of Vienna
- Journal
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
- Volume
- 72
- Pages
- 101-110
- No. of pages
- 10
- ISSN
- 0177-7971
- Publication date
- 2000
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 1030 Physics, Astronomy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/38f7c4f3-00a9-4e19-9955-ef9262ac1124