32nd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology/31st Conference on Radar Meteorology/Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes

Session 8B: Polarimetric/Particle type identification

Sunday, 10 August 2003: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Chair:  Peter T. May, BMRC
Papers:
  10:30 AM
  10:45 AM
Microphysical characterization of a squall line in TRMM LBA using dual-polarization radar measurements
Marcel R. Rocco, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and A. J. Pereira F° and J. Vivekanandan

  11:00 AM
Ground Truth Verification of the Hail Quadrature Parameter (HQP)
Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. K. Depue, R. Cifelli, D. Barjenbruch, C. Gimmestad, D. A. Brunkow, and S. A. Rutledge

  11:15 AM
  11:30 AM
An algorithm for estimating the variance of the canting angle distribution using polarimetric covariance matrix data
Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi and J. Hubbert

  11:45 AM
Transformation of the Polarimetric Covariance Matrix for Improving Hydrometeor Classification
Yanting Wang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi and J. C. Hubbert

  12:15 PM
Improving the Utility of Ordinary Radar Reflectivity Measurements through Enhanced Subscripting
Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD