TY - BOOK ID - 100697450 TI - Efficient Radar Forward Operator for Operational Data Assimilation within the COSMO-model PY - 2013 SN - 1000036921 3731501287 PB - KIT Scientific Publishing DB - UniCat KW - NWP model KW - radar simulator KW - parallelized and vectorized code KW - weather forecast KW - data assimilation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:100697450 AB - Doppler radars provide unique 3D information about precipitating clouds in high spatial and temporal resolutions. However, the observed quantities (reflectivity, Doppler velocity and polarization properties) are not directly comparable to the variables of numerical prediction models. In order to enable radar data assimilation, a comprehensive modular radar forward operator has been developed. ER -