Radar Meteorology

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Radar Meteorology is the development of new weather radars and new applications for weather radars. Dual polarization, phased array antenna designs, and high-sensitivity clear-air echo detection form the leading edge of weather radar development. Applications for these include improved flash flood nowcasting, rapid detection and continuous tracking of severe weather, and monitoring of boundary layer convection.

Field Experiments | Selected Publications

Field Experiments

Selected Publications

• Swales, D.J., G.S. Young, T.D. Sikora, N.S. Winstead, H.N. Shirer, 2012: Synthetic aperture radar remote sensing of shear-driven atmospheric internal gravity waves in the vicinity of warm fronts, Monthly Weather Review, 140, 1872-1882. --- Abstract
• Fisher, C.M., G.S. Young, N.S. Winstead, and J.D. Haqq-Misra, 2007: Comparison of synthetic aperture radar-derived wind speeds with buoy wind speeds along the mountainous Alaskan coast. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 47, 1365-1376. --- Abstract
  
• Young, G.S., T.D, Sikora, and N.S. Winstead, 2007: Manual and semi-automated wind direction editing for use in the generation of synthetic aperture radar wind speed imagery. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 46, 776-790. --- Abstract
• Fast, S.A., G.S. Young, J.N. Bode, and K. Pelman, 2000: A three-dimensional matching method for tropospheric features. Radio Science, 35, 1065-1073. --- Abstract
• Young, G.S., J.A. Harlan, and T.M. Georges, 1997: Application of over-the-horizon radar observations to synoptic and mesoanalysis over the Atlantic. Weather and Forecasting, 12, 44-55. --- Abstract