Evaluation of polarimetric ice microphysical  retrievals with OLYMPEX campaign data

Blanke, Armin; Heymsfield, Andrew J.; Moser, Manuel; Trömel, Silke

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2089-2023

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Evaluation of polarimetric ice microphysical retrievals with OLYMPEX campaign data

Armin Blanke, Andrew J. Heymsfield, Manuel Moser, and Silke Trömel

Data sets

GPM Ground Validation Doppler on Wheels (DOW) OLYMPEX V2 R. A. Houze, J. Wurman, S. Brodzik, and A. Framback https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/DOW/DATA201

GPM Ground Validation OLYMPEX Field Campaign Data Collection W. Petersen, R. Houze, and L. McMurdie https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/DATA101

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, I., Schepers, D., Simmons, A., Soci, C., Dee, D., and Thépaut, J.-N. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

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This study evaluates many currently available conventional and polarimetric radar-based remote-sensing retrievals of ice water content, total number concentration and mean diameter of ice hydrometeors. It has the potential to become a reference for the assessment of measurement uncertainties from radar observations for which no in-situ reference data are available.