Combining cloud radar and radar wind profiler for a value added estimate of vertical air motion and particle terminal velocity within clouds

Radenz, Martin; Bühl, Johannes; Lehmann, Volker; Görsdorf, Ulrich; Leinweber, Ronny

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5925-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5925-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5925-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 10

Research article

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26 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 26 Oct 2018

Combining cloud radar and radar wind profiler for a value added estimate of vertical air motion and particle terminal velocity within clouds

Martin Radenz, Johannes Bühl, Volker Lehmann, Ulrich Görsdorf, and Ronny Leinweber

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RC1: 'Comments on AMT-2018-125 -', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Jul 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referees', Martin Radenz, 17 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Referee Comments: Combining cloud radar and radar wind profiler for a value added estimate of vertical air motion and particle terminal velocity within clouds', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referees', Martin Radenz, 17 Sep 2018

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AR by Martin Radenz on behalf of the Authors (17 Sep 2018) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Oct 2018) by S. Joseph Munchak

AR by Martin Radenz on behalf of the Authors (08 Oct 2018)

Short summary

Ultra-high-frequency radar wind profilers are widely used for remote sensing of horizontal and vertical wind velocity. They emit electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength of 60 cm and receive signals from both falling particles and the air itself. In this paper, we describe a method to separate both signal components with the help of an additional cloud radar system in order to come up with undisturbed measurements of both vertical air velocity and the fall velocity of particles.