Can liquid cloud microphysical processes be used for vertically pointing cloud radar calibration?

Maahn, Maximilian; Hoffmann, Fabian; Shupe, Matthew D.; de Boer, Gijs; Matrosov, Sergey Y.; Luke, Edward P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3151-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3151-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3151-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

Research article

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13 Jun 2019

Research article |

| 13 Jun 2019

Can liquid cloud microphysical processes be used for vertically pointing cloud radar calibration?

Maximilian Maahn, Fabian Hoffmann, Matthew D. Shupe, Gijs de Boer, Sergey Y. Matrosov, and Edward P. Luke

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RC1: 'rewiev of the manuscript of Maahn et al.,', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Final response', Maximilian Maahn, 03 May 2019
RC2: 'Review of amt-2019-20', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Final response', Maximilian Maahn, 03 May 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 May 2019) by Mark Kulie

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ED: Publish as is (13 May 2019) by Mark Kulie

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Short summary

Cloud radars are unique instruments for observing cloud processes, but uncertainties in radar calibration have frequently limited data quality. Here, we present three novel methods for calibrating vertically pointing cloud radars. These calibration methods are based on microphysical processes of liquid clouds, such as the transition of cloud droplets to drizzle drops. We successfully apply the methods to cloud radar data from the North Slope of Alaska (NSA) and Oliktok Point (OLI) ARM sites.