Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6965-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6965-2024
Research article
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12 Dec 2024
Research article |  | 12 Dec 2024

Dual-frequency (Ka-band and G-band) radar estimates of liquid water content profiles in shallow clouds

Juan M. Socuellamos, Raquel Rodriguez Monje, Matthew D. Lebsock, Ken B. Cooper, and Pavlos Kollias

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-2090', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Aug 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Juan Socuellamos, 09 Oct 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-2090', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Sep 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Juan Socuellamos, 09 Oct 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Juan Socuellamos on behalf of the Authors (09 Oct 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Oct 2024) by Leonie von Terzi
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Oct 2024)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Oct 2024)
ED: Publish as is (23 Oct 2024) by Leonie von Terzi
AR by Juan Socuellamos on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2024)
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Short summary
This article presents a novel technique to estimate liquid water content (LWC) profiles in shallow warm clouds using a pair of collocated Ka-band (35 GHz) and G-band (239 GHz) radars. We demonstrate that the use of a G-band radar allows retrieving the LWC with 3 times better accuracy than previous works reported in the literature, providing improved ability to understand the vertical profile of LWC and characterize microphysical and dynamical processes more precisely in shallow clouds.