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Establishment of Z-R relationships for the Baiu precipitation using the window probability matching method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2005

Jingyang Chen ,
Hiroshi Uyeda ,
Dong-In Lee  and
Takeo Kinosita
Jingyang Chen
Affiliation:
Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-city, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan Email: [email protected] Present affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Handan Road 220, Shanghai City 200433, P. R. China
Hiroshi Uyeda
Affiliation:
Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University, Furo-Cho, Chikusa-Ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Dong-In Lee
Affiliation:
College of Environmental and Marine Science and Technology, Pukyong National University, Pusan, Korea
Takeo Kinosita
Affiliation:
Co. SuimonKankyo, Tokyo 103-0005, Japan
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Abstract

To obtain representative relationships between rain intensity and radar reflectivity and make an accurate estimation of the rainfall amount in the Baiu season (the most important rainy season in eastern Asia), the precipitation types (convective, stratiform and mixed types) must first be classified. This is because the mechanism and efficiency of precipitation show distinct variations according to rain regimes. An objective classification method, bright band fraction (BBF) that focuses on the vertical structure of radar reflectivity field, was improved and applied to the Baiu precipitation of 1995 in the Kanto Plain, Japan. Samples of convective rainfall were further divided into patterns using an index effective efficiency (Ee) that represents the echo top height. For those types (and patterns) that had been divided, Z-R relations were established using a statistical method called the window probability matching method (WPMM). The shapes of the Z-R relations show a natural matching of the probability density function of radar reflectivity with that of rain intensity recorded by rain gauge. The results show that the classification of precipitation types is reasonable, and Z-R relations corresponding to the precipitation types are representative. Some facts which need special attention in the application of the WPMM are also revealed.

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Research Article
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Meteorological Applications , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 207 - 215
Copyright
2005 Royal Meteorological Society

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