Polarimetric radar and aircraft observations of saggy bright bands during MC3E

Giangrande, Scott E.; Mishra, Subashree; Toto, Tami; Ryzhkov, Alexander V.; Bansemer, Aaron

doi:10.1002/2015JD024446

Title: Polarimetric radar and aircraft observations of saggy bright bands during MC3E

Journal Article · Sat Mar 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024446· OSTI ID:1245400

Giangrande, Scott E. ^[1]; Mishra, Subashree ^[2]; Toto, Tami ^[1]; Ryzhkov, Alexander V. ^[3]; Bansemer, Aaron ^[4]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C. (United States); NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Lab., Norman, OK (United States)
NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Lab., Norman, OK (United States); Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and the Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)

Polarimetric radar observations increasingly are used to understand cloud microphysical processes, which is critical for improving their representation in cloud and climate models. In particular, there has been recent focus on improving representations of ice collection processes (e.g., aggregation, riming), as these influence precipitation rate, heating profiles, and ultimately cloud life cycles. However, distinguishing these processes using conventional polarimetric radar observations is difficult, as they produce similar fingerprints. This necessitates improved analysis techniques and integration of complementary data sources. Furthermore, the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) provided such an opportunity.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1245400

Report Number(s):: BNL-111998-2016-JA; R&D Project: 2016-BNL-EE630EECA-Budg; KP1701000

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 67, Issue 10; ISSN 2169-897X

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