Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain

With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California

California Committee to Assess NEXRAD Flash Flood Forecasting Capabilities at Sulphur Mountain, Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

206 Seiten

2005
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-09316-3 (ISBN)

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Next Generation Radars (NEXRADs) are used to detect wind and precipitation to help National Weather Service forecasters predict storms. This book assesses the performance of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California, which has been scrutinized for its ability to detect precipitation in the atmosphere below 6000 feet.

The nation's network of more than 130 Next Generation Radars (NEXRADs) is used to detect wind and precipitation to help National Weather Service forecasters monitor and predict flash floods and other storms. This book assesses the performance of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California, which has been scrutinized for its ability to detect precipitation in the atmosphere below 6000 feet. The book finds that the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD provides crucial coverage of the lower atmosphere and is appropriately situated to assist the Los Angeles-Oxnard National Weather Service Forecast Office in successfully forecasting and warning of flash floods. The book concludes that, in general, NEXRAD technology is effective in mountainous terrain but can be improved.

Committee to Assess NEXRAD Flash Flood Forecasting Capabilities at Sulphur Mountain, California, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Flash Floods; 5 3 The National Weather Service and Flash Floods; 6 4 NEXRAD; 7 5 Observational Challenges of Low-Level Radar Coverage in Complex Terrain and Coastal Areas; 8 6 Flash Flood Warning Process in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties; 9 7 Evaluation of the Sulphur Mountain Radar and Flash Flood Warnings in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties; 10 8 Potential Improvements in Flash Flood Warnings; 11 9 Concluding Thoughts; 12 References; 13 Appendix A: Origin of the Study; 14 Appendix B: Characteristics of the NEXRAD Radar; 15 Appendix C: Chronology of the Siting of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD; 16 Appendix D: National Weather Service Flash Flood Verification Procedures; 17 Appendix E: Acronyms; 18 Appendix F: Community Participation; 19 Appendix G: Committee and Staff Biographies

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.1.2005
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.)
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	0-309-09316-3 / 0309093163
ISBN-13	978-0-309-09316-3 / 9780309093163
Zustand	Neuware