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
Externe Organisation(en)
Universität Wien
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://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/automatic-tracking-of-convective-cells-and-cell-complexes-from-lightning-and-radar-data(38f7c4f3-00a9-4e19-9955-ef9262ac1124).html