Correction of raindrop size distributions measured by Parsivel   disdrometers, using a two-dimensional video disdrometer  as a   reference

Raupach, T. H.; Berne, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-343-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-343-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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16 Jan 2015

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| 16 Jan 2015

Correction of raindrop size distributions measured by Parsivel disdrometers, using a two-dimensional video disdrometer as a reference

T. H. Raupach and A. Berne

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RC C2378: 'atmospheric sciences / hydrometeorology', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Aug 2014
- AC C3799: 'Responses to Reviewers', Alexis Berne, 19 Nov 2014
RC C2657: 'Referee review', F.J. Tapiador, 12 Sep 2014
- AC C3800: 'Responses to Reviewers', Alexis Berne, 19 Nov 2014
RC C2659: 'Review of amt-2014-232: 'Correction of raindrop size distributions measured by Parsivel disdrometers ...'', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Sep 2014
- AC C3801: 'Responses to Reviewers', Alexis Berne, 19 Nov 2014

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Using the 2-D video disdrometer (2DVD) as a reference, a technique to correct the spectra of drop size distribution (DSD) measured by Parsivel disdrometers (1st and 2nd generation) is proposed. The measured velocities and equivolume diameters are corrected to better match those from the 2DVD. The correction is evaluated using data from southern France and the Swiss Plateau. It appears to be similar for both climatologies, and to improve the consistency with colocated 2DVDs and rain gauges.