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Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1209-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1209-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
Research article
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11 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 11 Mar 2025

Peering into the heart of thunderstorm clouds: insights from cloud radar and spectral polarimetry

Ho Yi Lydia Mak and Christine Unal

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The dynamics of thunderclouds are studied using cloud radar. Supercooled liquid water and conical graupel are likely present, while chain-like ice crystals may occur at cloud top. Ice crystals are vertically aligned seconds before lightning and resume their usual horizontal alignment afterwards in some cases. Updrafts and downdrafts are found near cloud core and edges respectively. Turbulence is strong. Radar measurement modes that are more suited for investigating thunderstorms are recommended.

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