Rainfall Estimation and Performance Characterization Using an X-band Dual-Polarization Radar in the San Francisco Bay Area

Robert Cifelli, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, Haonan Chen, NOAA ESRL, Physical Science Division, Boulder, CO, United States; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, NOAA Physical Sciences Division, Fort Collins, CO, United States and V. Chandrasekar, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States