Techniques for Issuing Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings with the WSR-88DDoppler Radar

摘要

This paper reviews conventional radar warning guidelines and compiles techniquesfor the decision making process in issuing Doppler radar based severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. Local warning, techniques, such as vertically integrated liquid (VIL) techniques are only briefly mentioned, but the most widely used and accepted warning techniques are included in detail. The latest research on techniques for warning for non-supercell tornadoes and ordinary cell microbursts is also presented.