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Triple-Frequency Radar Retrievals

  • Alessandro Battaglia
  • , Simone Tanelli
  • , Frederic Tridon
  • , Stefan Kneifel
  • , Jussi Leinonen
  • , Pavlos Kollias
  • University of Leicester
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
  • University of Cologne

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17 Scopus citations

Abstract

With triple frequency radars becoming more and more popular both at ground-based facilities and on airborne platforms and with the prospect of a space mission with a triple-frequency radar payload on the horizon, triple-frequency radar retrievals are becoming fertile areas of active research. In this chapter the benefits and potentials of a triple-frequency radar approach for retrieving rain and ice microphysics will be discussed first on a theoretical basis and then demonstrated for a stratiform case study extracted from the OLYMPEX field campaign with Ku-Ka-W band radar observations. Challenges and recommendations for future work are included in the chapter.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Global Change Research
PublisherSpringer
Pages211-229
Number of pages19
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NameAdvances in Global Change Research
Volume67
ISSN (Print)1574-0919
ISSN (Electronic)2215-1621

Keywords

  • Aircraft
  • Attenuation
  • Cloud resolving model
  • CloudSat
  • CPR
  • DPR
  • Drop size distribution
  • Dual frequency ratio
  • GPM
  • Hydrometeors
  • Non-uniform beam filling
  • OLYMPEX
  • Path integrated attenuation
  • Phase
  • Precipitation
  • Radar
  • Rainfall
  • Rayleigh scattering
  • Reflectivity
  • Satellite
  • Snow
  • T-matrix
  • Triple frequency radar

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