Abstract:  Weather radar is an atmospheric remote sensing detection equipment used to detect weather phenomena and meteorological elements in the atmosphere. The study of radar climatology can help us understand the temporal and spatial distribution and evolution characteristics of convective storms and convective precipitation, as well as the occurrence frequency and storm properties of strong weather. The new progresses were reviewed as follows: (1) The research progress of radar climatology of convective storms mainly revealed the daily cycle and spatial variation characteristics of convection, and analyzed the relationship between the formation, strengthening and characteristics of the daily cycle of convection and solar radiation heating, topography and mesoscale system activities. (2) The research of radar precipitation climatology mainly focused on the characteristics of precipitation in different regions, the characteristics of different types of precipitation systems, and the application of composite radar precipitation data, including the improvement of radar precipitation data retrieval algorithms. (3) Studies on 3D storm tracking method were introduced, including the classification of storms according to different storm tracks and attributes and differences in the initiation and development mechanism of different kinds of storms.

Key words:  radar climatology, progresses, overview

摘要： 天气雷达是目前对流风暴三维特征和强降水最快速有效的探测工具之一。雷达气候学的研究能帮助了解对流风暴和对流性降水的精细时空分布和演变特征，也包括强天气的出现频率和风暴属性等。本文回顾近年来国内外天气雷达气候学研究最新进展，结论如下：（１）对流风暴的雷达气候学研究主要揭示了对流的日循环和空间变化特征，分析对流的形成、加强和日循环特征与太阳辐射加热、地形和中尺度系统活动之间的联系；（２）雷达降水气候学研究主要聚焦于不同地区降水的雷达气候学特征、不同类别降水系统的特征以及复合雷达降水数据的应用，其中包含雷达降水数据反演算法的改进；（３）运用三维风暴属性跟踪方法研究风暴路径和周期的气候学特征的成果主要包含根据不同方法对风暴进行分类并对不同类别风暴的初生、发展机制的分析。

关键词: 雷达气候学, 最新进展, 综述