Articles | Volume 18, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-5141-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-5141-2025
Research article
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07 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 07 Oct 2025

Vertical wind and drop size distribution retrieval with the CloudCube G-band Doppler radar

Nitika Yadlapalli Yurk, Matt D. Lebsock, Juan M. Socuellamos, Raquel Rodriguez Monje, 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-2025-618', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Mar 2025
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Nitika Yurk, 13 Jun 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-618', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 May 2025
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Nitika Yurk, 13 Jun 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Nitika Yurk on behalf of the Authors (13 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Jun 2025) by Alexis Berne
RR by Israel Silber (18 Jun 2025)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Jul 2025)
ED: Publish as is (05 Jul 2025) by Alexis Berne
AR by Nitika Yurk on behalf of the Authors (11 Jul 2025)
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Short summary
Current knowledge of the link between clouds and climate is limited by a lack of observations of the drop size distribution (DSD) within clouds, especially for the smallest drops. We demonstrate a method of retrieving DSDs down to small drop sizes using observations of drizzling marine layer clouds captured by the CloudCube millimeter-wave Doppler radar. We compare the shape of the observed spectra to theoretical expectations of radar echoes to solve for DSDs at each time step and elevation.
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