Characterization of shallow oceanic precipitation using profiling and scanning radar observations at the Eastern North Atlantic ARM observatory

Lamer, Katia; Puigdomènech Treserras, Bernat; Zhu, Zeen; Isom, Bradley; Bharadwaj, Nitin; Kollias, Pavlos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4931-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4931-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4931-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

Research article

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11 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 11 Sep 2019

Characterization of shallow oceanic precipitation using profiling and scanning radar observations at the Eastern North Atlantic ARM observatory

Katia Lamer, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras, Zeen Zhu, Bradley Isom, Nitin Bharadwaj, and Pavlos Kollias

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RC1: 'Review of "Characterization of Shallow Oceanic Precipitation using Profiling and Scanning Radar Observations at the Eastern North Atlantic ARM Observatory"', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Authors answer to the reviewer', Katia Lamer, 19 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of “Characterization of Shallow Oceanic Precipitation using Profiling and Scanning Radar Observations at the Eastern North Atlantic ARM Observatory” by Lamer et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Jun 2019
- AC2: 'Authors answer to the reviewer', Katia Lamer, 19 Jul 2019

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AR by Katia Lamer on behalf of the Authors (19 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Jul 2019) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Aug 2019)

ED: Publish as is (06 Aug 2019) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

AR by Katia Lamer on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2019)

Short summary

This article describes the three newly deployed second-generation radar of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program. Techniques to retrieve precipitation rate from their measurements are presented: noise and clutter filtering, gas and liquid attenuation correction, and radar reflectivity calibration. Rain rate for a 40 km radius domain around Graciosa estimated from all three radar differ, which highlights the need to consider sensor capabilities when interpreting radar measurements.