Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3883-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3883-2018
Research article
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04 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 04 Jul 2018

From model to radar variables: a new forward polarimetric radar operator for COSMO

Daniel Wolfensberger and Alexis Berne

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This work presents a polarimetric forward operator for the COSMO weather prediction model. This tool is able to simulate radar observables from the state of the atmosphere simulated by the model, taking into account most physical aspects of radar beam propagation and backscattering. This operator was validated with a large dataset of radar observations from several instruments and it was shown that is able to simulate a realistic radar signature in liquid precipitation.
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