Evaluation of micro rain radar-based precipitation classification algorithms to discriminate between stratiform and convective precipitation

Foth, Andreas; Zimmer, Janek; Lauermann, Felix; Kalesse-Los, Heike

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4565-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4565-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4565-2021

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21 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 21 Jun 2021

Evaluation of micro rain radar-based precipitation classification algorithms to discriminate between stratiform and convective precipitation

Andreas Foth, Janek Zimmer, Felix Lauermann, and Heike Kalesse-Los

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RC1: 'Review report amt-2020-290', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to anonymous referee #1', Andreas Foth, 01 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Referee # 2 comments (manuscript id:amt-2020-290)', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous referee #2', Andreas Foth, 01 Dec 2020

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

AR by Andreas Foth on behalf of the Authors (01 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Jan 2021) by V. Chandrasekar

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Jan 2021)

RR by Joël Van Baelen (29 Jan 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (13 Mar 2021) by V. Chandrasekar

AR by Andreas Foth on behalf of the Authors (16 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Apr 2021) by V. Chandrasekar

AR by Andreas Foth on behalf of the Authors (26 Apr 2021)

Short summary

In this paper, we present two micro rain radar-based approaches to discriminate between stratiform and convective precipitation. One is based on probability density functions and the other one is an artificial neural network classification. Both methods agree well, giving similar results. However, the results of the artificial neural network are more reasonable since it is also able to distinguish an inconclusive class, in turn making the stratiform and convective classes more reliable.