The Nowcasting of Precipitation during Sydney 2000: An Appraisal of the QPF Algorithms

Pierce et al highlights the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project (FDP) that afforded a unique opportunity to demonstrate and compare the performance of a range of nowcasting tools, including those designed for short-range quantitative precipitation nowcasting (QPN). With a few notable exceptio...

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Published inWeather and forecasting Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 7 - 21
Main Authors Pierce, C. E., Ebert, E., Seed, A. W., Sleigh, M., Collier, C. G., Fox, N. I., Donaldson, N., Wilson, J. W., Roberts, R., Mueller, C. K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston American Meteorological Society 01.02.2004
Subjects
Algorithms
Meteorology
Weather
Weather forecasting
Sydney New South Wales Australia
Australia
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Summary:Pierce et al highlights the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project (FDP) that afforded a unique opportunity to demonstrate and compare the performance of a range of nowcasting tools, including those designed for short-range quantitative precipitation nowcasting (QPN). With a few notable exceptions, nowcasting algorithms based upon the linear extrapolation of observed precipitation motion (Lagrangian persistence) were generally superior to more sophisticated, nonlinear nowcasting methods.
ISSN:0882-8156
1520-0434
DOI:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0007:TNOPDS>2.0.CO;2