Hydrometeor classification using dual-polarization radar data to improve numerical prediction and data assimilation

• Grant number: 16/16932-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: October 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Meteorology
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado
• Grantee: Jean-François Ribaud
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/14497-0 - Nowcasting of intense thunderstorms and understanding of the physical processes inside clouds: the SOS-CHUVA (Severe Weather Observation System), AP.PFPMCG.TEM

Abstract

The main goal is to develop research in nowcasting of intense thunderstorms, understanding the evolution of the cloud microphysics properties to improve forecast skill of intense precipitation events. The research will also work on the radar assimilation in numerical models to improve skill of precipitation forecast in the range of 0 to 6 hours and the study of microphysical process using dual-pol radar. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RIBAUD, JEAN-FRANCOIS; TOLEDO MACHADO, LUIZ AUGUSTO; BISCARO, THIAGO. X-band dual-polarization radar-based hydrometeor classification for Brazilian tropical precipitation systems. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, v. 12, n. 2, p. 811-837, FEB 6 2019. (16/16932-8, 15/14497-0)