Combined use of volume radar observations and high-resolution numerical weather predictions to estimate precipitation at the ground: methodology and proof of concept

Le Bastard, Tony; Caumont, Olivier; Gaussiat, Nicolas; Karbou, Fatima

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5669-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5669-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5669-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

Research article

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25 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 25 Oct 2019

Combined use of volume radar observations and high-resolution numerical weather predictions to estimate precipitation at the ground: methodology and proof of concept

Tony Le Bastard, Olivier Caumont, Nicolas Gaussiat, and Fatima Karbou

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RC1: 'Review of Article “Combined use of volume radar observations and high-resolution numerical weather predictions to estimate precipitation at the ground: methodology and proof of concept” by Le Bastard et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Tony Le Bastard, 14 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Referee Comment on "Combined use of volume radar observations and high-resolution numerical weather predictions to estimate precipitation at the ground: methodology and proof of concept"', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Tony Le Bastard, 14 Aug 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Tony Le Bastard on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Aug 2019) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Sep 2019)

ED: Publish as is (16 Sep 2019) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

AR by Tony Le Bastard on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The estimation of surface rainfall from radars becomes less effective at long ranges or in mountainous regions where the radar beam is far from the ground. The method proposed in this paper investigates how vertical profiles simulated from high-resolution model can be used to predict the evolution of the precipitation below the radar beam. Our results show that this novel method leads to better results than the current operational methods that either use climatological or idealised profiles.