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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-915-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-915-2022
Research article
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21 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 21 Feb 2022

Three-way calibration checks using ground-based, ship-based, and spaceborne radars

Alain Protat, Valentin Louf, Joshua Soderholm, Jordan Brook, and William Ponsonby

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This study uses collocated ship-based, ground-based, and spaceborne radar observations to validate the concept of using the GPM spaceborne radar observations to calibrate national weather radar networks to the accuracy required for operational severe weather applications such as rainfall and hail nowcasting.