W-band <i>S</i>–<i>Z</i> relationships for rimed snow particles: observational evidence from combined airborne and ground-based observations

Fuller, Shelby; Marlow, Samuel A.; Haimov, Samuel; Burkhart, Matthew; Shaffer, Kevin; Morgan, Austin; Snider, Jefferson R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-6123-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-6123-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-6123-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 24

Research article

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22 Dec 2023

Research article |

| 22 Dec 2023

W-band S–Z relationships for rimed snow particles: observational evidence from combined airborne and ground-based observations

Shelby Fuller, Samuel A. Marlow, Samuel Haimov, Matthew Burkhart, Kevin Shaffer, Austin Morgan, and Jefferson R. Snider

Data sets

Meteorological data acquired at a measurement site in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Southeastern Wyoming (USA) J. R. Snider https://doi.org/10.15786/20103146

Supplemental Dataset for Marlow et al. 2022 J. R. Snider https://doi.org/10.15786/20247870

Short summary

Snowfall rate and radar reflectivity measurements were analyzed. We confirmed that the relationship between snowfall rate and reflectivity is dependent on snow particle type. It is likely that the measured snowfall was produced by solid (ice) particles colliding with liquid cloud droplets, forming rimed snow particles. This analysis is expected to improve snowfall rate estimation based on measurements made using W-band radars.