The WSR-57 weather radar operated by the National
Weather Service at Sacramento, California, plus a network
of precipitation gages provided data for this comparison
of radar reflectivity with precipitation rates. Located
in a valley with mountains within range of the radar on
three sides, this radar has varying sensitivity for...
Detailed analyses of snow crystal sequence and atmospheric
conditions were accomplished utilizing macrophotographic techniques
for obtaining the snow crystal record at Santiam Pass in the Oregon
Cascades on 19-20 January, 14-15 February, and 9-10 March, 1967.
The photographic equipment consisted of a 35 millimeter single lens
reflex camera, bellows, and...
An evaluation of the meteorological usefulness of a maser RF
amplifier on an AN/MPS-34 X-band weather radar indicates that there
are both advantages and disadvantages to its use. The problems
associated with the maser used in this study included tuning problems,
loss of gain through loss of liquid helium and...
Seven cases of post-cold-frontal squall lines moving
through the Willamette Valley of Northwest Oregon were
investigated by the various techniques of meso-analysis.
Time cross sections were converted to space cross
sections by using the movement of the radar echo of the
squall lines. The observations in time were converted to...
A radar echo-contour height measurement at different gain
settings of the receiver, from RHI pictures shows that heavy rain
occurs at the points above which steep echo-contour gradients appear.
In this study, radar data came from the AN/CPS-9 radar
located at McCulloch peak, about five miles from the Oregon State...