Confronting the challenge of modeling cloud and precipitation microphysics

H Morrison, M van Lier‐Walqui… - Journal of advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the atmosphere, microphysics refers to the microscale processes that affect cloud and
precipitation particles and is a key linkage among the various components of Earth's …

Dual-polarization radar fingerprints of precipitation physics: A review

MR Kumjian, OP Prat, KJ Reimel, M van Lier-Walqui… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article reviews how precipitation microphysics processes are observed in dual-
polarization radar observations. These so-called “fingerprints” of precipitation processes are …

Comprehensive thematic T-matrix reference database: a 2017–2019 update

MI Mishchenko - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since its inception in the mid-1960s, the T-matrix method has been one of the most versatile
and efficient numerically exact computer solvers of the time-harmonic macroscopic Maxwell …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of microphysics schemes in tropical cyclones using polarimetric radar observations: Convective precipitation in an outer rainband

D Wu, F Zhang, X Chen, A Ryzhkov… - Monthly Weather …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Evaluation of Microphysics Schemes in Tropical Cyclones Using Polarimetric Radar
Observations: Convective Precipitation in an Outer Rainband in: Monthly Weather Review …

[HTML][HTML] Storms producing large accumulations of small hail

MR Kumjian, ZJ Lebo, AM Ward - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Storms Producing Large Accumulations of Small Hail in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and
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[HTML][HTML] Science applications of phased array radars

P Kollias, R Palmer, D Bodine, T Adachi… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Phased array radars (PARs) are a promising observing technology, at the cusp of being
available to the broader meteorological community. PARs offer near-instantaneous …

Retrieval of Parameters of Constrained Gamma Raindrop Size Distribution in South China

X Liu, H Huang, S Hu, F **a, R Lai… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Raindrop size distributions (RSDs) retrieved from polarimetric radar observations have
proven to be effective for understanding precipitation microphysics. However, the current …

Lightning and Radar Measures of Mixed-Phase Updraft Variability in Tracked Storms during the TRACER Field Campaign in Houston, Texas

EC Bruning, KN Brunner… - Monthly Weather …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Properties of 7488 thunderstorms are summarized for June–September 2022
during the Tracking Aerosol Convection Interactions Experiment (TRACER) field campaign …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of K DP Estimation Algorithm Performance in Rain Using a Known-Truth Framework

KJ Reimel, M Kumjian - Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Accurate estimation of specific differential phase (K DP) is necessary for rain rate estimation,
attenuation correction, and hydrometeor classification algorithms. There are numerous …

Evaluation of modelled summertime convective storms using polarimetric radar observations

P Shrestha, S Trömel, R Evaristo… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Ensemble simulations with the Terrestrial Systems Modelling Platform (TSMP) covering
northwestern Germany are evaluated for three summertime convective storms using …