Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 21
Articles | Volume 15, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6373-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6373-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 21
Research article
 | 
04 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2022

Sizing ice hydrometeor populations using the dual-wavelength radar ratio

Sergey Y. Matrosov, Alexei Korolev, Mengistu Wolde, and Cuong Nguyen

Data sets

NRC Convair 580 Airborne W-Band (NAW) Radar Data and Imagery. Version 1.0 C. Nguyen and M. Wolde https://doi.org/10.26023/PBVG-0S4X-3D05

NRC Convair 580 Airborne X-Band Radar Data and Imagery. Version 1.0 C. Nguyen and M. Wolde https://doi.org/10.26023/KAGA-JH3J-0Y06

NRC Convair 580 2DS Particle Images. Version 1.0 A. Korolev and I. Heckman https://doi.org/10.26023/DREN-VTHA-0N0E

NRC Convair 580 Composite Liquid and Ice Size Distribution Data. Version 1.0 A. Korolev and I. Heckman https://doi.org/10.26023/7BZP-NGPY-WG0B

NRC Convair 580 Bulk Parameters. Version 0.4 A. Korolev and I. Heckman https://doi.org/10.26023/R6A2-G92Q-CF0S

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Short summary
A remote sensing method to retrieve sizes of particles in ice clouds and precipitation from radar measurements at two wavelengths is described. This method is based on relating the particle size information to the ratio of radar signals at these two wavelengths. It is demonstrated that this ratio is informative about different characteristic particle sizes. Knowing atmospheric ice particle sizes is important for many applications such as precipitation estimation and climate modeling.
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