Raindrop size distribution and terminal velocity for rainfall erosivity studies. A review

MA Serio, FG Carollo, V Ferro - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
The knowledge of the rainfall drop size distribution (DSD) at the land surface is essential for
understanding precipitation mechanisms affecting soil erosion processes. Rainfall erosivity …

The role of atmospheric rivers in anomalous snow accumulation in East Antarctica

IV Gorodetskaya, M Tsukernik, K Claes… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent, heavy snow accumulation events over Dronning Maud Land (DML), East Antarctica,
contributed significantly to the Antarctic ice sheet surface mass balance (SMB). Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Chasing snowstorms: The investigation of microphysics and precipitation for Atlantic coast-threatening snowstorms (IMPACTS) campaign

LA McMurdie, GM Heymsfield, JE Yorks… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening
Snowstorms (IMPACTS) is a NASA-sponsored field campaign to study wintertime …

Review of advances in precipitation enhancement research

AI Flossmann, M Manton, A Abshaev… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper provides a summary of the assessment report of the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) Expert Team on Weather Modification that discusses recent progress …

[HTML][HTML] A W-band radar–radiometer system for accurate and continuous monitoring of clouds and precipitation

N Küchler, S Kneifel, U Löhnert… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
A W-Band Radar–Radiometer System for Accurate and Continuous Monitoring of Clouds and
Precipitation in: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume 34 Issue 11 (2017) …

Katabatic winds diminish precipitation contribution to the Antarctic ice mass balance

J Grazioli, JB Madeleine, H Gallée… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Snowfall in Antarctica is a key term of the ice sheet mass budget that influences the sea level
at global scale. Over the continental margins, persistent katabatic winds blow all year long …

Orientations and aspect ratios of falling snow

TJ Garrett, SE Yuter, C Fallgatter… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Photographs of nearly 73,000 snowflakes in free fall are used to determine the aspect ratio
and orientation of aggregates, moderately rimed particles, and graupel. Observations …

PAMTRA 1.0: the Passive and Active Microwave radiative TRAnsfer tool for simulating radiometer and radar measurements of the cloudy atmosphere

M Mech, M Maahn, S Kneifel, D Ori… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
Forward models are a key tool to generate synthetic observations given knowledge of the
atmospheric state. In this way, they are an integral part of inversion algorithms that aim to …

Linking sub‐tropical evaporation and extreme precipitation over East Antarctica: An atmospheric river case study

A Terpstra, IV Gorodetskaya… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate an intense snowfall event between 15 and 18 February 2011 over the East
Antarctic coastal region which contributed to roughly 24% of the annual snow accumulation …

Observed influence of riming, temperature, and turbulence on the fallspeed of solid precipitation

TJ Garrett, SE Yuter - Geophysical Research Letters, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasts of the amount and geographic distribution of snow are highly sensitive to a
model's parameterization of hydrometeor fallspeed. Riming is generally thought to lead to …