Radar Rainfall Measurement, Forecasting and Documentation Using SCOUT

Abstract

Radar data have a high potential for different applications in hydrology and other disciplines. To facilitate the use of radar data, a project has been developed that provides radar data at no additional cost in an already processed form to potential radar data users. The objective of the project was to identify the advantages and drawbacks of radar data use as compared to current routine practices. The most important results were that even without adjustment to ground stations, radar data can provide valuable information on the hydrological situation of an urban area. The described warning scheme for a retention basin has given satisfactory results in its last configuration, but still left room to improvements. The SCOUT software provided a good basis for connecting the radar information to the practical applications in hydrology, agriculture and traffic.