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THE USE OF DUAL-POLARIMETRIC RADAR DATA TO IMPROVE RAINFALL ESTIMATION ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY. W.A. Petersen NASA – Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL P. N. Gatlin, L. D. Carey University of Alabama in Huntsville – Earth Systems Science Center, Huntsville, AL - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE USE OF DUAL-POLARIMETRIC RADAR THE USE OF DUAL-POLARIMETRIC RADAR DATA TO IMPROVE RAINFALLDATA TO IMPROVE RAINFALL
ESTIMATION ACROSS THE ESTIMATION ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYTENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY
W.A. PetersenW.A. PetersenNASA – Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, ALNASA – Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
P. N. Gatlin, L. D. CareyP. N. Gatlin, L. D. CareyUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville – University of Alabama in Huntsville –
Earth Systems Science Center, Huntsville, ALEarth Systems Science Center, Huntsville, AL
S. R. JacksS. R. JacksTennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TNTennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN
MotivationMotivation
Reduction of costs associated with Reduction of costs associated with maintenance of large rain gauge networkmaintenance of large rain gauge network
Provide a custom-tailored rainfall product Provide a custom-tailored rainfall product specific to the end-user’s needsspecific to the end-user’s needs
Independent validation of ARMOR rain Independent validation of ARMOR rain rate algorithmsrate algorithms
Ground-validation for TRMM satellite Ground-validation for TRMM satellite measurementsmeasurements
Tennessee River WatershedTennessee River Watershed
AL
MS
TN
GA
KY
SC
NC
112 sub-basins 112 sub-basins 1840 km1840 km22
189 rain gauges 189 rain gauges maintained by maintained by TVATVA
11 sub-basins within 100 km of the ARMOR dual-pol. radar
AAdvanced dvanced RRadar for adar for MMeteorological & eteorological & OOperational perational RResearchesearch
Location: Location: Huntsville International Airport, Huntsville, AL Huntsville International Airport, Huntsville, AL
(Altitude 206m)(Altitude 206m) C-band dual-polarimetric Doppler radarC-band dual-polarimetric Doppler radar Simultaneous transmit and receive of H, VSimultaneous transmit and receive of H, V Variables: Z, V, W, ZDR, Variables: Z, V, W, ZDR, ΦΦDPDP, , ρρhvhv Operations:Operations:
24-hrs a day / 7 days24-hrs a day / 7 days Rain volumetric scans at least every 5-min Rain volumetric scans at least every 5-min
(tilts: 0.7°,1.5 °,2.0 °)(tilts: 0.7°,1.5 °,2.0 °) Also used in research mode (e.g., RHIs, full Also used in research mode (e.g., RHIs, full
volumes, vertically pointing scans)volumes, vertically pointing scans) Routine calibration:Routine calibration:
Receiver calibrationsReceiver calibrations Solar scansSolar scans Self-consistency amongst variablesSelf-consistency amongst variables Comparisons with TRMM and rain gaugesComparisons with TRMM and rain gauges
ARMOR Rainfall Estimation ARMOR Rainfall Estimation Processing System (AREPS)Processing System (AREPS)
Grid rain rates (1 km2 spacing)
T1-line
ARMORNSSTC
End-user
Summation of rain rates
Compute point and areal N-hr rainfall
estimates
Raw Iris Files
ICE PRESENT?
NO
YES
KDP 0.3 and ZH 35? R = R(KDP)YES
NO
ZH BAD? YE
S
R = R(ZHRAIN)
R=BADNO
KDP 0.3, ZH 35.0 dBZZDR 0.5 dB?
YES
R > 50 mm/hr, dBZ > 50 ,or Z, ZDR corr. too large ?
ZH > 30 dBZ, ZDR 0.5 dB?
R = R(ZH,ZDR)
R = R(ZH)
ARMORARMORRAIN RATERAIN RATE
ALGORITHMALGORITHM
(1) R(KDP,ZDR)(2) R(KDP)(3) R(ZH,ZDR)
R = R(ZH)GOOD DATA? YES
NO
R=BAD
KDP ≥ 0.5?
KDP< 0.5?
YES
R = R(KDP)
YES
R =R(KDP,ZDR)
YES
R =R(ZH,ZDR)
no
no
NO
YES
NO 1-hr
Accumulation
6-hr (N-hr)Accumulation
AREPS CoverageAREPS Coverage
100 km from 100 km from ARMORARMOR
11 sub-basins11 sub-basins 42 rain gauges42 rain gauges
AREPS Distributed Rainfall ProductsAREPS Distributed Rainfall Products Rainfall products created every 5-min:Rainfall products created every 5-min:
1-hr and 6-hr basin/sub-basin rainfall 1-hr and 6-hr basin/sub-basin rainfall statistics (mean, max, min, etc)statistics (mean, max, min, etc)
Rainfall at critical locations (e.g., dams)Rainfall at critical locations (e.g., dams) rainfall accumulation images (1-hr, 6-hr)rainfall accumulation images (1-hr, 6-hr)
Text files transmitted every hour to TVAText files transmitted every hour to TVA Contain previous hour’s rainfallContain previous hour’s rainfall used as input by inflow model inputused as input by inflow model input
6-hour accumulation statistics
6-hr Basin Mosaic
1-hr rainfall (also create 6-hr rainfall)
Verification: Point Comparisons Verification: Point Comparisons ARMOR vs. TVA rain gaugesARMOR vs. TVA rain gauges(October 2007 – June 2008)(October 2007 – June 2008)
Original bias and error targets achieved (+/-20%, +/-25% respectively) Constant monitoring of calibration maintains precision and accuracy
of product
Before Calibration Correction
Bias = -10% (-0.99 mm)
Error = 12%
Bias = -17% (-1.80 mm)
Error = 18%
After Correction
Radar Rainfall Estimate Improved
Verification: Sub-basinsVerification: Sub-basinsARMOR vs. rain gauge-derived areal meanARMOR vs. rain gauge-derived areal mean
(January 2008 – July 2008)(January 2008 – July 2008)
Radar rainfall estimates Radar rainfall estimates averaged over each sub-basinaveraged over each sub-basin
rain-gauge network used by rain-gauge network used by TVA to compute Theissen TVA to compute Theissen polygon values to represent polygon values to represent each sub-basineach sub-basin
Radar underestimates sub-Radar underestimates sub-basin rainfall by only basin rainfall by only 8%8%
Random error = 20%Random error = 20% Largely attributed to Theissen Largely attributed to Theissen
polygons (i.e, density of rain polygons (i.e, density of rain gauge network with respect to gauge network with respect to sub-basin boundaries)sub-basin boundaries)
Gauge derived accum. (mm)
Rad
ar d
eriv
ed a
ccum
. (m
m)
Gauge-Estimated Basin Means vs. Radar
BASIN GAUGE (in) ARMOR (in)
Decatur-Wheeler 0.79 0.25
Guntersville-Decatur 0.43 0.46
Upper Bear Creek 0.00 0.06
Town Creek 0.00 0.12
Why are their gauge-radar differences?
• Case 1 (no gauge rain when there is rain)
Rain narrowly missed gauge, but radar captured
• Case 2 (isolated gauge “deluge”)
Single gauge located in heavy rain maximum- single point translated to entire basin- results in overestimate of basin mean
• Case 3 (Gauge and radar match)
More gauges, broader rain distribution
Result: Distributed Radar Rainfall Measurement Benefits TVA
•Water management impacts?
•How might the application of distributed rainfall measurements be extended?
6-Hour Rain Accumulation (in): 12 – 6 PM, 7/9/2008
1
1
2
3
What’s next?What’s next?
Employ NCAR hydrometeor identification Employ NCAR hydrometeor identification algorithm to remove clutter and improve algorithm to remove clutter and improve precipitation calculationsprecipitation calculations
Correct for partial beam blockageCorrect for partial beam blockage Use ARMOR to polarimetrically “tune” Use ARMOR to polarimetrically “tune”
nearby NEXRAD until upgradednearby NEXRAD until upgraded Examine radar dominated rainfall Examine radar dominated rainfall
estimates in a distributed model vs gauge estimates in a distributed model vs gauge only estimatesonly estimates