Winds Derived from Radar Products
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Application
Description
Wilfried Jacobs discusses summer convection seen in Doppler-radar wind products.
Content
Only summer convection will be discussed. In the first part, basics of the Doppler-products‘ interpretation will be outlined (radial wind components, folding, convergences, divergences, rotations (meso-cyclones) and gusts estimation). Especially, the interpretation of PPI-products (plan position indicator) will be discussed, also in respect to fronts and temperature advection. The second part deals with instructive examples and a short overview of automatically derived nowcasting products at DWD.