The development of rainfall retrievals from radar at Darwin

Jackson, Robert; Collis, Scott; Louf, Valentin; Protat, Alain; Wang, Die; Giangrande, Scott; Thompson, Elizabeth J.; Dolan, Brenda; Powell, Scott W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-53-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-53-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-53-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Research article

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04 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 04 Jan 2021

The development of rainfall retrievals from radar at Darwin

Robert Jackson, Scott Collis, Valentin Louf, Alain Protat, Die Wang, Scott Giangrande, Elizabeth J. Thompson, Brenda Dolan, and Scott W. Powell

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Final revised paper (published on 04 Jan 2021)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review Jackson et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Robert Jackson, 30 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Review Jackson et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Robert Jackson, 30 Sep 2020
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Aug 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Robert Jackson, 30 Sep 2020
RC4: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Aug 2020
- AC4: 'Response to reviewer 3', Robert Jackson, 30 Sep 2020

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

AR by Robert Jackson on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Oct 2020) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish as is (09 Nov 2020) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

Short summary

About 4 years of 2D video disdrometer data in Darwin are used to develop and validate rainfall retrievals for tropical convection in C- and X-band radars in Darwin. Using blended techniques previously used for Colorado and Manus and Gan islands, with modified coefficients in each estimator, provided the most optimal results. Using multiple radar observables to develop a rainfall retrieval provided a greater advantage than using a single observable, including using specific attenuation.