X-band dual-polarization radar-based hydrometeor classification for Brazilian tropical precipitation systems

Ribaud, Jean-François; Machado, Luiz Augusto Toledo; Biscaro, Thiago

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-811-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-811-2019

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

Special issue:

Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)...

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-811-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

|

06 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2019

X-band dual-polarization radar-based hydrometeor classification for Brazilian tropical precipitation systems

Jean-François Ribaud, Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado, and Thiago Biscaro

Download

Final revised paper (published on 06 Feb 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 19 Sep 2018)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

- Printer-friendly version

- Supplement

RC1: 'Greatly improved but still needs minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Responses To Reviewers', Jean-François Ribaud, 22 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Further clarifications are required on a few points', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Nov 2018
- AC2: 'Responses To Reviewers', Jean-François Ribaud, 22 Dec 2018

Peer-review completion

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

AR by Jean-François Ribaud on behalf of the Authors (22 Dec 2018) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Jan 2019) by Laura Bianco

AR by Jean-François Ribaud on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

The dominant hydrometeor types associated with Brazilian tropical precipitation systems are identified for the Amazon region during both the wet and dry seasons. Overall the stratiform regions are composed of five hydrometeor classes: drizzle, rain, wet snow, aggregates, and ice crystals, whereas convective echoes are generally associated with light rain, moderate rain, heavy rain, graupel, aggregates and ice crystals.