Articles | Volume 8, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3251-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3251-2015
Research article
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13 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 13 Aug 2015

On the consistency of 2-D video disdrometers in measuring microphysical parameters of solid precipitation

F. Bernauer, K. Hürkamp, W. Rühm, and J. Tschiersch

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This work has the aim of clarifying the consistency of 2-D video disdrometer devices in deriving size, velocity and shape parameters of solid hydrometeors. The need of implementing a matching algorithm suitable for mixed- and solid-phase precipitation is highlighted as an essential step in data evaluation. For this purpose simple reproducible experiments with solid steel spheres and irregularly shaped Styrofoam particles are conducted.