Retrieving 3D Wind Field from Phased Array Radar Rapid Scans

Figure 6

Time series of retrieved (𝑢_𝑚2,𝑤^𝑎_𝑚) fields for air motions (plotted by black arrows) in the vertical cross-section (along the 𝑥-coordinate in Figure 4) superimposed on the PAR-observed reflectivity fields (gridded and smoothed by the spatial interpolation in the vertical cross-section) from 19 : 42 : 03 to 19 : 55 : 43 UTC on July 10, 2006. The white arrows plot the vector velocities of hydrometeors (i.e., air velocity plus the hydrometeors’ downward terminal velocity).

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