Use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoring
A 1299 MHz wind profiler was acquired to monitor low level winds near the Hong Kong International Airport. It was found that the equipment was also capable of yielding quality data to support the study of severe weather. The presence of abundant amount of moisture in the lower and middle troposphere...
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1998-12-01
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| description | A 1299 MHz wind profiler was acquired to monitor low level winds near the Hong Kong International Airport. It was found that the equipment was also capable of yielding quality data to support the study of severe weather. The presence of abundant amount of moisture in the lower and middle troposphere during heavy rain or tropical cyclone events enabled good and ready measurements up to about 6 km height, a range much greater than the equipment could reach in ordinary days. Preliminary results indicated that the wind profiler could help to improve the understanding of the atmospheric processes involved in severe weather in the subtropical region. In the case of a tropical cyclone, it is apparent that the equipment could be used to provide clues for the forecasting of the maximum strength of the winds and the arrival time of strong winds and gales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4d7d15e568442f287f63873def9f4072024-02-08T08:19:03ZengBorntraegerMeteorologische Zeitschrift0941-29481998-12-017632633110.1127/metz/7/1998/32689041Use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoringK. K. YeungA 1299 MHz wind profiler was acquired to monitor low level winds near the Hong Kong International Airport. It was found that the equipment was also capable of yielding quality data to support the study of severe weather. The presence of abundant amount of moisture in the lower and middle troposphere during heavy rain or tropical cyclone events enabled good and ready measurements up to about 6 km height, a range much greater than the equipment could reach in ordinary days. Preliminary results indicated that the wind profiler could help to improve the understanding of the atmospheric processes involved in severe weather in the subtropical region. In the case of a tropical cyclone, it is apparent that the equipment could be used to provide clues for the forecasting of the maximum strength of the winds and the arrival time of strong winds and gales.http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/7/1998/326low level windhong kongmoisturetroposphereheavy raincyclone eventstropical cyclonetroposphäreschlechtwetterbedingungenstarkregenzyklone |
| spellingShingle | K. K. Yeung Use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoring Meteorologische Zeitschrift low level wind hong kong moisture troposphere heavy rain cyclone events tropical cyclone troposphäre schlechtwetterbedingungen starkregen zyklone |
| title | Use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoring |
| title_full | Use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoring |
| title_fullStr | Use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoring |
| title_short | Use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoring |
| title_sort | use of wind profiler in severe weather monitoring |
| topic | low level wind hong kong moisture troposphere heavy rain cyclone events tropical cyclone troposphäre schlechtwetterbedingungen starkregen zyklone |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/7/1998/326 |
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