An integrated approach to monitoring the calibration stability of operational dual-polarization radars

Vaccarono, Mattia; Bechini, Renzo; Chandrasekar, Chandra V.; Cremonini, Roberto; Cassardo, Claudio

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5367-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5367-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5367-2016

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 11

Research article

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08 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 08 Nov 2016

An integrated approach to monitoring the calibration stability of operational dual-polarization radars

Mattia Vaccarono, Renzo Bechini, Chandra V. Chandrasekar, Roberto Cremonini, and Claudio Cassardo

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Final revised paper (published on 08 Nov 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 15 Feb 2016)

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

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RC1: 'An integrated approach to monitor the calibration stability of operational dual-polarization radars', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer 1', Mattia Vaccarono, 12 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Review of Article “An integrated approach to monitor the calibration stability of operational dual-polarization radars”', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Mar 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer 2', Mattia Vaccarono, 12 Jul 2016
RC3: 'Interactive comment on “An integrated approach to monitor the calibration stability of operational dual-polarization radars” by M. Vulpiani et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 15 Mar 2016
- AC4: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer 3', Mattia Vaccarono, 12 Jul 2016
RC4: 'Referee Comment on "An integrated approach to monitor the calibration stability of operational dual-polarization radars" by Mattia Vaccarono et sl.', Anonymous Referee #4, 15 Mar 2016
- AC5: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer 4', Mattia Vaccarono, 12 Jul 2016
SC1: 'Suggestions for elaboration and clarification', Hidde Leijnse, 07 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Interactive comment', Mattia Vaccarono, 12 Jul 2016

Short summary

The data quality of radars must be ensured and continuously monitored. The aim of this paper is to provide an integrated approach able to monitor the calibration of operational dual-polarization radars. The set of methods considered appears suitable to establish an online tool to monitor the stability of the radar calibration with an accuracy of about 2 dB. This is considered adequate to automatically detect any unexpected change in the radar system requiring further investigations.