A.A. Monakov – Dr. Sc. (Eng.), Professor, Department of Radio Systems, 

Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

E-mail: a_monakov@mail.ru

P.I. Ermakov – Post-graduate Student, Department of Radio Systems, 

Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

E-mail: big.awesome.pie@gmail.com

Existing and original methods of radar reflectivity data fusion in weather radar networks considered in this paper. Weather radar network data contains information about the same volume, but obtained by spatially separated weather radars. All proposed data fusion methods are simulated and comparison analysis of their accuracy is presented.

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