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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3297-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3297-2022
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03 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2022

Sensitivity analysis of attenuation in convective rainfall at X-band frequency using the mountain reference technique

Guy Delrieu, Anil Kumar Khanal, Frédéric Cazenave, and Brice Boudevillain

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The RadAlp experiment aims at improving quantitative precipitation estimation in the Alps thanks to X-band polarimetric radars and in situ measurements deployed in Grenoble, France. We revisit the physics of propagation and attenuation of microwaves in rain. We perform a generalized sensitivity analysis in order to establish useful parameterization for attenuation corrections. Originality lies in the use of otherwise undesired mountain returns for constraining the considered physical model.