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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2015.48.12.995

Development of Radar Tracking Technique for the Short -Term Rainfall Field Forecasting-  

Kim, Tae-Jeong (Department of Civil Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Lee, Dong-Ryul (Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Water Resources Research Division)
Kwon, Hyun-Han (Department of Civil Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.48, no.12, 2015 , pp. 995-1009 More about this Journal
Abstract
Weather radar rainfall data has been recognized for making valuable contributions to short-term flood forecasting and management over the past decades. There are several advantages to better monitoring rainfall in ungauged area compared to ground-based rain gauges with which spatial patterns of the rainfall are not effectively identified. Hence, this study aims to develop a new scheme to forecast spatio-temporal rainfall field. The proposed model was based on an advection scheme to track wind patterns and velocity. The results showd a promising forecasting skill with quantitative and qualitative measures. It was confirmed that the forecasted rainfall may be effectively used an input data for a distributed hydrological model.
Keywords
Flash flood; Weather Radar; Correlation analysis; Short-term Flood Forecasting;
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