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Developing a Relationship between NEXRAD Generated Rainfall Values and Rain Gauge Measurements in South Florida
Title
Developing a Relationship between NEXRAD Generated Rainfall Values and Rain Gauge Measurements in South Florida.
Creator
Skinner, Courtney L., Bloetscher, Frederick, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is an agency which relies on a network of nearly 300 rain gauges in order to provide rainfall data for use in operations, modeling, water supply planning, and environmental projects. However, the prevalence of convective and tropical rain events in South Florida during the wet season presents a challenge in that the current rain gauge network may not fully capture rainfall demonstrating high spatial variability. NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar...
Show moreThe South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is an agency which relies on a network of nearly 300 rain gauges in order to provide rainfall data for use in operations, modeling, water supply planning, and environmental projects. However, the prevalence of convective and tropical rain events in South Florida during the wet season presents a challenge in that the current rain gauge network may not fully capture rainfall demonstrating high spatial variability. NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar) technology offers water management officials the advantage of providing a spatial account of rainfall, although the relative quality of radar rainfall measurements remains largely unknown. The intent of this study is to examine the relationship between gauge-adjusted NEXRAD data and corresponding rain gauge measurements in order to assess the relative performance of radar and rain gauge technologies for a variety of different conditions.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012554
Subject Headings
Storms--United States--Florida, Radar meteorology, Precipitation (Meteorology)--Measurement, Rain and rainfall--Measurement
Format
Document (PDF)