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Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3969-2022
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
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05 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 05 Jul 2022

Retrievals of ice microphysical properties using dual-wavelength polarimetric radar observations during stratiform precipitation events

Eleni Tetoni, Florian Ewald, Martin Hagen, Gregor Köcher, Tobias Zinner, and Silke Groß

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We use the C-band POLDIRAD and the Ka-band MIRA-35 to perform snowfall dual-wavelength polarimetric radar measurements. We develop an ice microphysics retrieval for mass, apparent shape, and median size of the particle size distribution by comparing observations to T-matrix ice spheroid simulations while varying the mass–size relationship. We furthermore show how the polarimetric measurements from POLDIRAD help to narrow down ambiguities between ice particle shape and size.
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