Title :
Radar Rain Cell Identification and Modeling in the North-West of Spain
Author :
Pastoriza, V. ; Núñez, A. ; Mariño, P. ; Fontán, F. Pérez ; Fiebig, U.-C.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Technol. Dept., Univ. of Vigo, Vigo
Abstract :
This study aims to characterize and model the rain fields in the North-West of Spain from weather radar images. The study includes the modeling of these images according to two well known rain cell models: EXCELL and HYCELL. For this analysis, a procedure to detect rain fields and an algorithm for identifying rain cells within the images is presented. This work is part of an on-going activity trying to develop dynamic space-time models for rain fields for simulating rain induced effects on millimeter wave communication systems.
Keywords :
meteorological radar; radar imaging; radiocommunication; rain; EXCELL; HYCELL; millimeter wave communication; radar rain cell identification; space-time models; weather radar images; Algorithm design and analysis; Attenuation; Event detection; Image analysis; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar detection; Rain; Reflectivity; Storms;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2009. VTC Spring 2009. IEEE 69th
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2517-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-2252
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2009.5073823
