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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1999-2019
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Research article
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29 Mar 2019
Research article |
| 29 Mar 2019
| 29 Mar 2019
Investigation of observational error sources in multi-Doppler-radar three-dimensional variational vertical air motion retrievals
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
Pavlos Kollias
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Québec H3A 0G4, Canada
Alan Shapiro
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
Aleksandra Tatarevic
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Québec H3A 0G4, Canada
Toshihisa Matsui
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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Short summary
This study investigated impacts of the selected radar volume coverage pattern, the sampling time period, the number of radars used, and the added value of advection correction on the retrieval of vertical air motion from a multi-Doppler-radar technique. The results suggest that the use of rapid-scan radars can substantially improve the quality of wind retrievals and that the retrieved wind field needs to be carefully used considering the limitations of the radar observing system.
This study investigated impacts of the selected radar volume coverage pattern, the sampling time...
