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Articles | Volume 11, issue 9
Articles | Volume 11, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5223-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5223-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 9
Research article
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18 Sep 2018
Research article |  | 18 Sep 2018

Enhancing the consistency of spaceborne and ground-based radar comparisons by using beam blockage fraction as a quality filter

Irene Crisologo, Robert A. Warren, Kai Mühlbauer, and Maik Heistermann

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The calibration of ground-based weather radar (GR) can be improved a posteriori by comparing observed GR reflectivity to well-established spaceborne radar platforms (SR), such as TRMM or GPM. Our study shows that the consistency between GR and SR reflectivity measurements can be enhanced by considering the quality of GR data from areas where signals may have been blocked due to the surrounding terrain, and provides an open-source toolset to carry out corresponding analyses.
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