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Research article
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17 Sep 2019
Research article |
| 17 Sep 2019
| 17 Sep 2019
The importance of particle size distribution and internal structure for triple-frequency radar retrievals of the morphology of snow
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Robin J. Hogan
European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Christopher D. Westbrook
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Stefan Kneifel
Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Dmitri Moisseev
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Leonie von Terzi
Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Short summary
The mass contents of snowflakes are critical to remotely sensed estimates of snowfall. The signatures of snow measured at three radar frequencies can distinguish fluffy, fractal snowflakes from dense and more homogeneous rimed snow. However, we show that the shape of the particle size spectrum also has a significant impact on triple-frequency radar signatures and must be accounted for when making triple-frequency radar estimates of snow that include variations in particle structure and density.
The mass contents of snowflakes are critical to remotely sensed estimates of snowfall. The...
