%0 Journal Article
%T CLUJ-NAPOCA PRECIPITATION FORECAST USING WSR-98D DOPPLER RADAR
%A Narcis MAIER
%A £¿tefan BILA£¿CO
%A Csaba HORVATH
%J Geographia Napocensis
%D 2011
%I Romanian Academy
%X CLUJ-NAPOCA precipitation forecast using WSR-98D Doppler radar. Forecasting inundations requires accurate spatial and temporal estimation of rainfalls in an area. Depending on the Z-R relationship (reflectivity-precipitation rate), the thresholds, maximum reflectivity data processing, VIL, cloud height or speed, provided by the WSR-98D affects the estimated precipitation used in the prediction of inundations. How much precipitation receives a watershed during an extreme event and what response will result depends on the basin hydrographic characteristics. A study of summer weather events between the years 2004-2008 and a new method in establishing relations between the radar estimated and recorded precipitations led to the determination of new relations between them which will balance the connections between them.
%K estimated precipitations
%K storm nuclei
%K reflectivity
%K VIL
%K cloud height
%U http://geographianapocensis.acad-cluj.ro/Revista/volume/nr_2_2011/pdf/Maier.pdf