Articles | Volume 9, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5063-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5063-2016
Research article
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17 Oct 2016
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2016

Airborne laser scan data: a valuable tool with which to infer weather radar partial beam blockage in urban environments

Roberto Cremonini, Dmitri Moisseev, and Venkatachalam Chandrasekar

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Although high-spatial-resolution weather radar observations are of primary relevance for urban hydrology, weather radar siting and characterization are challenging in an urban environment. Buildings, masts and trees cause partial beam blockages and clutter that seriously affect the observations. For the first time, this paper investigates the benefits of using airborne laser scanner (ALS) data for quantitative estimations of partial beam blockages in an urban environment.