Vertical profiles of raindrop size distribution parameters of summer rainfall in the eastern Tibetan Plateau: retrieval method and characteristics

Dong, Pingyi; Jiang, Xingwen; Zhao, Xingbing; Dong, Yuanchang; Zheng, Jiafeng; Hu, Chun; Gao, Guolu; Liu, Lei; Li, Shulei; Bu, Lingbing

doi:10.5194/amt-19-1407-2026

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-1407-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-1407-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

Research article

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24 Feb 2026

Research article |

| 24 Feb 2026

Vertical profiles of raindrop size distribution parameters of summer rainfall in the eastern Tibetan Plateau: retrieval method and characteristics

Pingyi Dong, Xingwen Jiang, Xingbing Zhao, Yuanchang Dong, Jiafeng Zheng, Chun Hu, Guolu Gao, Lei Liu, Shulei Li, and Lingbing Bu

Data sets

penney1007/Article_Vertical-profiles-of.: code Pingyi Dong https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15827786

Model code and software

penney1007/Article_Vertical-profiles-of... PingyiDong https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15827786

Short summary

A method is developed and validated for retrieving vertical profiles of the raindrop size distributions (DSD) parameters from a single-frequency Ka-band radar in this study. Some unique characteristics of the vertical profiles of DSD parameters in the eastern Tibetan Plateau are found. The empirical relationships for quantitative precipitation estimates and attenuation correction in the eastern Tibetan Plateau with Ka-band radar are derived.