     STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION                05/24/04 17:19       
                                                                                
                                                                                
          GAGE/RADAR BIAS ESTIMATE .........................       1.000        
          SAMPLE SIZE (EFFECTIVE NO. GAGE/RADAR PAIRS) .....      39.220        
          MEMORY SPAN (HOURS) OVER WHICH BIAS DETERMINED ...      29.726        
          PRODUCT ADJUSTED BY BIAS ESTIMATE? ...............     NO             

MIN THRESHOLD DBZ FOR ISOLATED BIN TEST.....................     18.00 DBZ      
MAX DBZ ALLOWED BEFORE BEING LABELED AS OUTLIER.............     70.00 DBZ      
TILT-TEST LOW REFLECTIVITY (DBZ) VALUE......................      1.00 DBZ      
INNER RANGE LIMIT FOR TILT TEST.............................     40.00 KM       
OUTER RANGE LIMIT FOR TILT TEST.............................    150.00 KM       
MAX RANGE OF BI-SCAN MAXIMIZATION...........................    230.00 KM       
MIN PRECIP ECHO AREA NEEDED FOR TILT TEST IN LOW ELEV.......    600.00 KM**2    
MIN AREA-WGTD-REFLECT. NEEDED FOR TILT TEST IN LOW ELEV.....     10.00 DBZ      
MAX % AREA REDUCTION BETWEEN 2 LOWEST ELEVATIONS............     75.00  %       
REFLECT-TO-PRECIP RATE CONVERSION MULTIPLICATIVE COEFFICIENT    300.00          
REFLECT-TO-PRECIP RATE CONVERSION POWER COEFFICIENT.........      1.40          
MIN DBZ FOR CONVERTING TO PRECIP RATE (VIA TABLE LOOKUP)....      0.00 DBZ      
MAX DBZ FOR CONVERTING TO PRECIP RATE (VIA TABLE LOOKUP)....     70.00 DBZ      
MIN RANGE OF BI-SCAN MAXIMIZATION...........................    180.00 KM       

MAX STORM SPEED (M/SEC).....................................     25.00 M/Sec    
MAX SCAN-TO-SCAN TIME DIFFERENCE FOR TIME CONTINUITY TESTS..     15.00 MINUTES  
MIN PRECIP-AREA FOR PERFORMING TIME CONTINUITY TESTS........    200.00 KM**2    
RATE OF CHANGE: VOLUMETRIC PRECIP RATE, MIN ECHO AREA.......     24.00 1/Hr     
RATE OF CHANGE: VOLUMETRIC PRECIP RATE, FULL ECHO UMBRELLA..     13.20 1/Hr     
MAX ECHO-AREA RATE OF CHANGE ...............................    200.00 KM**2/Hr 
RANGE BEYOND WHICH TO APPLY RANGE-EFFECT CORRECTION.........    230.00 KM       
1ST COEFFICIENT OF RANGE-EFFECT FUNCTION....................      0.00 DBR      
2ND COEFFICIENT OF RANGE-EFFECT FUNCTION....................      1.00          
3RD COEFFICIENT OF RANGE-EFFECT FUNCTION....................      0.00          
MIN RATE SIGNIFYING PRECIPITATION...........................      0.00 MM/Hr    
MAX PRECIPITATION RATE......................................    103.80 MM/Hr    

REINITIALIZATION TIME LAPSE THRESHOLD (FOR ACCUM PROCESS)...     60.00 MINUTES  
MAX TIME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCANS FOR INTERPOLATION.........     30.00 MINUTES  
MIN TIME NEEDED TO ACCUMULATE HOURLY TOTALS.................     54.00 MINUTES  
THRESHOLD FOR HOURLY OUTLIER ACCUMULATION...................    400.00 MM       
HOURLY GAGE ACCUMULATION SCAN ENDING TIME...................      0.00 MINUTES  
MAX ACCUMULATION PER SCAN-TO-SCAN PERIOD....................    400.00 MM       
MAX ACCUMULATION PER HOURLY PERIOD..........................    800.00 MM       

MINUTES AFTER CLOCK HOUR WHEN BIAS IS UPDATED...............     50.00 MINUTES  
THRESHOLD # OF GAGE/RADAR PAIRS NEEDED TO SELECT BIAS.......     10.00          
RESET VALUE OF GAGE/RADAR BIAS ESTIMATE.....................      1.00          
LONGEST ALLOWABLE LAG FOR USE OF BIAS FROM BIAS TABLE.......    168.00 HOURS    

