Artificial Cloud Target (ACT) for Weather Radar Data Generation for Cumulus Clouds

  • P. Kumar Department of Mathematics, MIT World Peace University, Pune
  • Deba Prasad Pati National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture Project
Keywords: Artificial Cloud Target for Radar (ACTR), Hailstorm, Hail suppression and X-Band Radar.

Abstract

Design and development of Artificial Cloud Target for Radar (ACTR) to artificially generate radar data for simulating
growth/decay and motion of cumulus clouds based on Quadratic Growth Hypothesis (QGH), has been presented. ACTR
simulates the variation of reflectivity and horizontal motion of actual convective clouds. Along with ACTR, X-Band radar
has to be used to generate data from the ACTR and spontaneously process the same for the nowcasting. Short range Xband radar which can be used for this purpose has been described. It can track the objects in the range of 70m to 200m
and has the resolution of 1m. Outputs of any software thus developed, could be spontaneously disseminated without loss of
time, which is crucial in hail suppression mission in particular and all weather modification campaigns in general.

Published
2024-02-19
How to Cite
Kumar, P., & Pati, D. (2024). Artificial Cloud Target (ACT) for Weather Radar Data Generation for Cumulus Clouds. Vayumandal, 45(2), 12-21. Retrieved from https://vayumandal.imetsociety.org/index.php/Vayumandal/article/view/83
Issue
Vol 45 No 2 (2019): VAYUMANDAL
Section
Research Paper

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