On the individual calibration of hailpads     

Covadonga Palencia  Claude Berthet  Marta Massot  Amaya Castro  Jean Dessens  Roberto Fraile   《Atmospheric Research》2007,83(2-4):493-504

This paper is a comparative study between the two most common hailpad calibration systems: one annual calibration of a whole consignment of material, and the individual calibration of each plate after a hailfall. Individual calibration attempts to minimize errors due to differences in sensitivity to the impact of hailstones between plates from the same consignment, or due to differences in the inking process before the actual measurement.The comparison was carried out using calibration data from the past few years in the hailpad network in south-western France, and data from an individual calibration process on material provided by the hailpad network in Lleida (Spain). The same type of material was used in the two cases.The results confirm that the error in measuring hailstone sizes is smaller in the case of an individual calibration of hailpads than when one single calibration process was carried out for a whole consignment. The former is approximately 80% of the latter. However, this error could have been higher if it had not been the same person carrying out the single calibration process and the measuring of the dents: it has been found that differences in the inking process may account for up to 20% of the error in the case of small hailstones. Calibration errors affecting other variables, e.g. energy or parameter λ of the exponential size distribution are generally higher (5% and 18%, respectively) than errors due to the spatial variability of the hailstones. However, the calibration method does not influence the maximum size, since the relative error attributed to the spatial variability is about 8 times the calibration error.In conclusion, if errors in determining energy or parameter λ are to be reduced to a minimum, it is highly advisable to be consistent in applying the measuring procedure (if possible with the same person carrying out the measurements all the time), and even to use individual calibration on each plate, always bearing in mind that technicians have to be trained appropriately in order to achieve the highest possible degree of uniformity.  相似文献   

冰雹谱分布特征的探讨   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：5  

石安英 《高原气象》1989,8(3):279-283

本文分析了1986年在张家口地区取得的315份雹谱资料,经统计,拟合出六类雹谱分布型式,即指数型;A复合函数型;B复合函数型;对数函数型,双曲线函数型;函数型六类拟合式,並且都通过相关系数检验。与Ryde等人的资料对比,除指数谱有较大量级差别外,其余各类谱型分别相差2—3个量级。  相似文献