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Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3287-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3287-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
Research article
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21 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 21 Jul 2025

Riming-dependent snowfall rate and ice water content retrievals for W-band cloud radar

Nina Maherndl, Alessandro Battaglia, Anton Kötsche, and Maximilian Maahn

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Accurate measurements of ice water content (IWC) and snowfall rate (SR) are challenging due to high spatial variability and limitations of our measurement techniques. Here, we present a novel method to derive IWC and SR from W-band cloud radar observations, considering the degree of riming. We also investigate the use of the liquid water path (LWP) as a proxy for the occurrence of riming. LWP is easier to measure, so that the method can be applied to both ground-based and space-based instruments.
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