An automatic identification method to identify tropical, convective and stratiform rainfall types by using the radar data like horizontal gradient, vertical gradient,echo top ,VPR( vertical profile of radar reflectivity) is proposed in this paper. Based on the data of seven rainfall events observed by the radar in Guangzhou from May to August in 2008, the performance of this algorithm is compared with another method which only divides precipitation into two types of convective and stratiform. The results show that the method can automatically identify the distribution area of precipitation effectively. It can also improve the accuracy of radar-based quantitative precipitation estimation.%提出了一种使用雷达回波三维信息(反射率因子的水平梯度、垂直递减率、垂直廓线变化特征以及回波顶高等)自动识别降水类型的方法,该方法可将雷达回波划分为热带降水类型、大陆强对流云降水类型和层状云降水类型。基于广州雷达于2008年5—8月观测到的7次强降水过程,在使用本方法识别降水类型的基础上,对不同降水类型使用不同的Z-R关系来测量降水量,即对热带降水类型使用Z=230R^1.25,对大陆强对流云降水使用Z=300R^1.4。以及对层状云降水使用Z=230R^1.6,并以雨量计观测的降水量为真值,与仅区分对流云降水和层状云降水类型并使用双Z-R关系测量降水量的方法进行了比较。结果表明,本方法可以有效地自动识别降水类型的分布区域,并且可以提高雷达定量测量降水的精度。
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