Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4529-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4529-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
Research article
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30 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2024

Verification of weather-radar-based hail metrics with crowdsourced observations from Switzerland

Jérôme Kopp, Alessandro Hering, Urs Germann, and Olivia Martius

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We present a verification of two products based on weather radars to detect the presence of hail and estimate its size.  Radar products are remote detection of hail, so they must be verified against ground-based observations. We use reports from users of the Swiss Weather Services phone app to do the verification. We found that the product estimating the presence of hail provides fair results but that it should be recalibrated and that estimating the hail size with radar is more challenging.
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