Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
AMT
Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4543-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4543-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
Research article
 | 
18 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 18 Jun 2021

Identification of snowfall microphysical processes from Eulerian vertical gradients of polarimetric radar variables

Noémie Planat, Josué Gehring, Étienne Vignon, and Alexis Berne

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4543-2021-supplement

Data sets

Precipitation observations at the Dumont d'Urville station, Adelie Land, East Antarctica Alexis Berne, Jacopo Grazioli, and Christophe Genthon https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.883562

Radar and ground-level measurements of precipitation collected by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne during the International Collaborative Experiments for PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter games Josué Gehring, Alfonso Ferrone, Anne-Claire Billault-Roux, Nikola Besic, Kwang Deuk Ahn, GyuWon Lee, and Alexis Berne https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-417-2021

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Short summary
We implement a new method to identify microphysical processes during cold precipitation events based on the sign of the vertical gradient of polarimetric radar variables. We analytically asses the meteorological conditions for this vertical analysis to hold, apply it on two study cases and successfully compare it with other methods informing about the microphysics. Finally, we are able to obtain the main vertical structure and characteristics of the different processes during these study cases.
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