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

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

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

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

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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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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1 and RC2', Noémie Planat, 09 Apr 2021
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Feb 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1 and RC2', Noémie Planat, 09 Apr 2021

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AR by Noémie Planat on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Apr 2021) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Apr 2021)

ED: Publish as is (27 Apr 2021) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

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.