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Thundercloud structures detected and analyzed based on coherent Doppler wind lidar
Kenan Wu
Tianwen Wei
Jinlong Yuan
Xin Huang
Gaopeng Lu
Yunpeng Zhang
Feifan Liu
Baoyou Zhu
Weidong Ding
Abstract. The studies of intracloud (IC) discharges might shed light on the microphysical structure of thunderclouds. As both the magnitude and the sign of charge separation due to graupel collides with ice crystals within the strong updrafts are influenced by the surrounding environment. Here, a compact all-fiber coherent Doppler wind lidar (CDWL) working at the 1.5 µm wavelength is applied for probing the dynamics and microphysics structure of thunderstorms. Thanks to the precise spectrum measurement, multi-component spectra signals of thunderstorms can be analyzed by the CDWL. The spectrum width, skewness, and Doppler velocity of CDWL is used to separate and identify the particle composition and polarity. In experiment, the thundercloud properties are detected by the CDWL, 10.6 cm Doppler weather radar (DWR), and Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager (AGRI) onboard Fengyun-4 satellites. In particular, the spectrum width and skewness of the thundercloud below the 0 ℃ isotherm are increased, and when a cloud-ground lightning occurs, there has additional graupel with a velocity greater than 5 m/s. It indicates that this region is a melting layer, and lightning activity changes the motion characteristics of graupel, affecting the charge structure of the whole thundercloud. In general, our findings provide details on the velocity, phase, and composition of particles in the outside updraft region of the thunderstorm. The identification and analysis of graupel is particularly important. It is proved that the precise spectrum of CDWL is a promising indicator to study the charge structure of thunderstorms.
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Status: open (until 29 Jun 2023)
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Data sets
A thundercloud lidar results during the experiment Kenan Wu https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_thundercloud_lidar_results_during_the_experiment/20326350
A thundercloud rader results during the experiment Kenan Wu https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_thundercloud_rader_results_during_the_experiment/20326377
Table A1. Lightning data detected by lightning location array Kenan Wu https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Table_A1-Variations_of_thunderstorm_charge_structures_detected_by_coherent_Doppler_wind_lidar/20588385
raindrop spectrometer data Kenan Wu https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/raindrop_spectrometer_data/22256617
Video supplement
raw data and Converted data video of CDWL during this experiment Kenan Wu https://figshare.com/articles/media/raw_data_video_of_CDWL_during_this_experiment/21590433
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