Identification of supercell thunderstorm #1770
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Is there any product or package available to identify a thunderstorm as supercell, using radar data? For instance, a defining feature of a supercell is a rotating updraft, or a mesocyclone. So, a product using doppler velocity could be used for identification. I am dealing with several hailstorms, and need to categorise them as supercell and non-supercell. I couldn't find any such product in PyART. If anybody could guide me regarding this, it would be very helpful for my project. Thanks in advance ! |
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Hi @MohitDahliya , that's a good question. The only two packages that I personally know of is pyhail https://github.com/joshua-wx/pyhail for hail and tobac https://tobac.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ for storm cell tracking. |
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Hi @zssherman, I checked the two packages you gave in your reply. Though useful, I don't think they can satisfy my purpose. There is a 'feature identification' component in tobac, but I don't think I can identify a supercell using it. Can you please provide the link to the open radar discourse, which you mentioned. I should post my query there as well. Thanks for your reply! |
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@MohitDahliya No worries, here is the link: |
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Hi @MohitDahliya , that's a good question. The only two packages that I personally know of is pyhail https://github.com/joshua-wx/pyhail for hail and tobac https://tobac.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ for storm cell tracking.
I would recommend asking in the open radar discourse as well, as other folks might know of more storm related packages.