Automatic Recognition of Mesocyclones from Single Doppler Radar Data.

摘要

An algorithm to automatically detect mesocyclonic shear from radial velocity data of a Doppler radar is developed. The algorithm searches for azimuthally increasing velocities. Runs of increasing velocities are stored and the resulting shears are compared to mesocyclonic shear thresholds. Also, products of velocity differences are multiplied with the corresponding arc lengths and then compared to momentum thresholds. Those runs that pass a set of such thresholds and are spatially close are identified as belonging to a region of mesocyclonic shears or a shear line. The algorithm requires simultaneous storage and operation on two consecutive radials of data, and thus is suitable for real time implementation. Flow charts and performance on two data sets are presented.