Combining radar and satellite data to estimate precipitation rates over the Pacific / John Spagnol, satellite development meteorologist.: En57-44/80-002E-PDF
"One of the most difficult analyses the operational forecaster has to perform is the delineation of the precipitation areas over the Pacific. ... The recent installation of the SCEPTRE rad at Abbotsford has helped marginally. ... The GOES satellite data effectively covers the Pacific two or more days upstream from the BC regions. If quantitative methods can be developed to infer precipitation areas from the satellite data alone or by transferring from radar to satellite data, then a great deal of uncertainty over the Pacific will be removed."
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service. Pacific Region. Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service. Pacific Weather Center. |
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| Title | Combining radar and satellite data to estimate precipitation rates over the Pacific / John Spagnol, satellite development meteorologist. |
| Series title | Pacific region technical notes ; no. 80-002 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Caption title. Includes bibliographical references (page 4). |
| Publishing information | Vancouver : Pacific Weather Centre, January 11, 1980. |
| Author / Contributor | Spagnol, John, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 pages, 5 unnumbered pages) : illustrations |
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| Subject terms | Weather forecasts Radar Satellite imagery Precipitation |
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