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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-469-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-469-2016
Research article
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12 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2016

Cloud radar with hybrid mode towards estimation of shape and orientation of ice crystals

A. Myagkov, P. Seifert, M. Bauer-Pfundstein, and U. Wandinger

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In this paper a newly developed scanning 35 GHz cloud radar MIRA-35 is described. The issues concerned with implementation, polarization calibration, and data processing are considered. Also, an algorithm for a characterization of shape and orientation distribution based on polarimetric observations from the cloud radar is presented. For demonstration, the developed retrieval technique is applied to a cloud system containing ice crystals with different habits.