Articles | Volume 8, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5009-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5009-2015
Research article
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01 Dec 2015
Research article |  | 01 Dec 2015

Intercomparison of snowfall estimates derived from the CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar and the ground-based weather radar network over Sweden

L. Norin, A. Devasthale, T. S. L'Ecuyer, N. B. Wood, and M. Smalley

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The ability to estimate snowfall accurately is important for both weather and climate applications. In this work we have intercompared snowfall estimates from two observing systems: the space-based Cloud Profiling Radar on board NASA's CloudSat satellite and Swerad, the ground-based Swedish national weather radar network. The intercomparison shows encouraging agreement between these two observing systems despite their different sensitivities and user applications.
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