Tracking radar echoes by multiscale correlation: a nowcasting weather radar application

Simone Tanelli; Luca Facheris; Fabrizio Cuccoli; Dino Giuli

doi:10.1117/12.373261

14 December 1999 Tracking radar echoes by multiscale correlation: a nowcasting weather radar application

Simone Tanelli, Luca Facheris, Fabrizio Cuccoli, Dino Giuli

Proceedings Volume 3871, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing V; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.373261
Event: Remote Sensing, 1999, Florence, Italy

Abstract

An algorithm for storm tracking through weather radar data is presented. It relies on the crosscorrelation principle as in TREC (Tracking Radar Echoes by Correlation) and derived algorithms. The basic idea is to subdivide the radar maps in Cartesian format in a grid of square boxes and to exploit the so called local translation hypothesis. The motion vector is estimated as the space shift such that corresponding boxes at different times exhibit the maximum correlation coefficient. The discussed technique adopts a multiscale, multiresolution, and partially overlapped box grid which adapts to the radar reflectivity pattern. Multiresolution decomposition is performed through 2D wavelet based filtering. Correlation coefficients are calculated taking into account unreliable data (e.g. due to ground clutter or beam shielding) in order to avoid strong undesired motion estimation biases due to the presence of such stationary features. Data are gathered through a C-band multipolarimetric doppler weather radar. Results show that the technique overcomes some problems highlighted by researchers in previous related studies. Comparison with radial velocity maps shows good correlation values; although they may vary depending on the specific event and on the orographic complexity of the considered area, estimated motion fields are consistent with the shift of the pattern determined through simple visual inspection.

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Simone Tanelli, Luca Facheris, Fabrizio Cuccoli, and Dino Giuli "Tracking radar echoes by multiscale correlation: a nowcasting weather radar application", Proc. SPIE 3871, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing V, (14 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.373261

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Radar

Motion estimation

Wavelets

Doppler effect

Reflectivity

Detection and tracking algorithms

Spatial resolution

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