摘要: This report summarizes weather research conducted by SASC in several areas: determining the effect on forecast accuracy of varying spatial resolution in a limited-area numerical weather prediction model; providing specialized prog... 展开 This report summarizes weather research conducted by SASC in several areas: determining the effect on forecast accuracy of varying spatial resolution in a limited-area numerical weather prediction model; providing specialized programming support for sensor and technique testing; developing McIDAS-derived software for AWDS; developing objective techniques for estimating cloud base heights, predicting slant visual range, and predicting low-level winds; developing objective techniques for processing satellite imagery (cloud type identification, snow/cloud discriminator, brightness variation analysis); developing applications software for McIDAS; maintaining, enhancing, and operating McIDAS; developing weather radar techniques (wind retrieval technique, storm cell detection an tracking, detection of turbulence in thunderstorms using radar methods). (Author) 收起