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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2020.53.3.201

Real-time bias correction of Beaslesan dual-pol radar rain rate using the dual Kalman filter  

Na, Wooyoung (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University)
Yoo, Chulsang (School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.53, no.3, 2020 , pp. 201-214 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study proposes a bias correction method of dual-pol radar rain rate in real time using the dual Kalman filter. Unlike the conventional Kalman filter, the dual Kalman filter predicts state variables with two systems (state estimation system and model estimation system) at the same time. Bias of rain rate is corrected by applying the bias correction ratio to the rain rate estimate. The bias correction ratio is predicted from the state-space model of the dual Kalman filter. This method is applied to a storm event with long duration occurred in July 2016. Most of the bias correction ratios are estimated between 1 and 2, which indicates that the radar rain rate is underestimated than the ground rain rate. The AR (1) model is found to be appropriate for explaining the time series of the bias correction ratio. The time series of the bias correction ratio predicted by the dual Kalman filter shows a similar tendency to that of observation data. As the variability of the bias correction increases, the dual Kalman filter has better prediction performance than the Kalman filter. This study shows that the dual Kalman filter can be applied to the bias correction of radar rain rate, especially for long and heavy storm events.
Keywords
Dual-pol radar; Bias correction; Dual Kalman filter;
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