Microwave single-scattering properties of non-spheroidal raindrops

Ekelund, Robin; Eriksson, Patrick; Kahnert, Michael

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6933-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6933-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6933-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

Research article

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18 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 18 Dec 2020

Microwave single-scattering properties of non-spheroidal raindrops

Robin Ekelund, Patrick Eriksson, and Michael Kahnert

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Dec 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 23 Apr 2020)

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

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RC1: 'Review of Ekelund et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 May 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to anonymous referee #1', Robin Ekelund, 19 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of Ekelund et al., :Microwave single scattering properties of non-spheroidal rain drops', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous referee #2', Robin Ekelund, 19 Jul 2020

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

AR by Robin Ekelund on behalf of the Authors (10 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Oct 2020) by Piet Stammes

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (05 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish as is (18 Oct 2020) by Piet Stammes

Short summary

Raindrops become flattened due to aerodynamic drag as they increase in mass and fall speed. This study calculated the electromagnetic interaction between microwave radiation and non-spheroidal raindrops. The calculations are made publicly available to the scientific community, in order to promote accurate representations of raindrops in measurements. Tests show that the drop shape can have a noticeable effect on microwave observations of heavy rainfall.