Precipitation and microphysical processes observed by three polarimetric X-band radars and ground-based instrumentation during HOPE
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Title (Dublin Core)
Precipitation and microphysical processes observed by three polarimetric X-band radars and ground-based instrumentation during HOPE
Description (Dublin Core)
This study presents a first analysis of precipitation and related microphysical processes observed by three polarimetric X-band Doppler radars (BoXPol, JuXPol and KiXPol) in conjunction with a ground-based network of disdrometers, rain gauges and vertically pointing micro rain radars (MRRs) during the High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for advancing Climate Prediction (HD(CP)<sup>2</sup>) Observational Prototype Experiment (HOPE) during April and May 2013 in Germany. While JuXPol and KiXPol were continuously observing the central HOPE area near Forschungszentrum Jülich at a close distance, BoXPol observed the area from a distance of about 48.5 km. MRRs were deployed in the central HOPE area and one MRR close to BoXPol in Bonn, Germany. Seven disdrometers and three rain gauges providing point precipitation observations were deployed at five locations within a 5 km × 5 km region, while three other disdrometers were collocated with the MRR in Bonn. The daily rainfall accumulation at each rain gauge/disdrometer location estimated from the three X-band polarimetric radar observations showed very good agreement. Accompanying microphysical processes during the evolution of precipitation systems were well captured by the polarimetric X-band radars and corroborated by independent observations from the other ground-based instruments.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Xie, Xinxin
Evaristo, Raquel
Simmer, Clemens
Handwerker, Jan
Trömel, Silke
Date (Dublin Core)
2018-09-09
Type (Dublin Core)
Text
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
10.5194/acp-16-7105-2016
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/16/7105/2016/
Source (Dublin Core)
eISSN: 1680-7324
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
