Automatic tracking of convective cells and cell complexes from lightning and radar data

Autor(en)

Reinhold Steinacker, Manfred Dorninger, Fritz Wölfelmaier, Thomas Krennert

Abstrakt

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(en)

Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik

Journal

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Band

72

Seiten

101-110

Anzahl der Seiten

10

ISSN

0177-7971

Publikationsdatum

2000

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

1030 Physik, Astronomie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/automatic-tracking-of-convective-cells-and-cell-complexes-from-lightning-and-radar-data(38f7c4f3-00a9-4e19-9955-ef9262ac1124).html