Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis

van de Beek, C. Z.; Leijnse, H.; Hazenberg, P.; Uijlenhoet, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3837-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3837-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3837-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 8

Research article

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18 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 18 Aug 2016

Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis

C. Z. van de Beek, H. Leijnse, P. Hazenberg, and R. Uijlenhoet

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Aug 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 16 Mar 2016)

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Additional error sources regarding close-range measurements', Frank Gekat, 23 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Comment on 'Additional error sources regarding close-range measurements'', C.Z. van de Beek, 05 Apr 2016
RC1: 'revision_VanDeBeek_amtD2016-77', Mario Montopoli, 06 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to comments of Mario Montopoli on Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis', C.Z. van de Beek, 22 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Review of van de Beek et al. (2016)', Neil Fox, 06 Apr 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to comments of Neil Fox on Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis', C.Z. van de Beek, 22 Jun 2016
EC1: 'Some suggestions', Gianfranco Vulpiani, 08 Apr 2016
- AC5: 'Reply to comments of Gianfranco Vulpiani on Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis', C.Z. van de Beek, 14 Jul 2016
RC3: 'Revision AMT2016-77', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Apr 2016
- AC4: 'Reply to comments of Anomynous Referee #3 on Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis', C.Z. van de Beek, 22 Jun 2016
RC4: 'Review of manuscript "Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis"', Miguel Rico-Ramirez, 27 Apr 2016
- AC6: 'Reply to comments of Miguel Rico-Ramirez on Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis', C.Z. van de Beek, 14 Jul 2016

Short summary

Quantitative precipitation estimation using weather radar is affected by many sources of error. This study is an attempt to separate and quantify sources of error very close to the radar. A 3-day event is analyzed using radar, rain gauge and disdrometer data. Without correction, the radar severely underestimates the total rain amount by more than 50 %. After correction for the errors, a good match with rain gauge measurements is found, with 5 to 8 % difference.