Session: Polarimetric Applications I (33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology (6

Tuesday, 7 August 2007: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Halls C & D (Cairns Convention Center)

Host: 33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Papers:

P10.1

Polarimetric characteristics of tornadic and nontornadic supercell thunderstorms

Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov

Handout (1.1 MB)

P10.2

Examination of Tornadic Signatures Observed at Very Close Range using Simultaneous Dual-Polarization Radar at C band

J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, E. D. Mitchell, P. Zhang, L. Venkatramani, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson

P10.3

Hail detection using a polarimetric algorithm at C band: impact on attenuation correction

Gianfranco Vulpiani, Meteo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary, J. Parent-du-Châtelet, O. Bousquet, M. L. Segond, and F. S. Marzano

Handout (1.5 MB)

P10.4

Kelvin-Helmholtz waves observed by a polarimetric prototype of the WSR-88D radar

Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. S. Zrnic

Handout (2.4 MB)

P10.5 moved. New paper number 10.7A

P10.6

Characteristics of vertical profile of rainfall parameters in a Baiu frontal rainfall using 2D-Video distrometer, COBRA, and 400MHz Wind Profiler

Katsuhiro Nakagawa, GEST/UMBC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Shusse, Y. Kitamura, and R. Meneghini

Handout (740.6 kB)

P10.7

Drop shape and DSD retrieval with an X-band dual polarization radar

Eugenio Gorgucci, CNR / ISAC, Rome, Italy; and L. Baldini and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (213.6 kB)

P10.8

Prototype products for ground validation in the GPM-era

P10.9

The NSSL winter hydrometeor classification ground truth program: public involvement in science

Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Scharfenberg and C. Legett

P10.10

Analysis of dual-pol WSR-88D base data collected during three significant winter storms

Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore

Handout (1.3 MB)

P10.11

Hydrometeor type classification in winter clouds using X-band polarimetric radar measurements—Comparison of X-band polarimetric radar data with in-situ measurements by HYVIS

Koyuru Iwanami, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Kusunoki, N. Orikasa, M. Maki, R. Misumi, and M. Murakami

Handout (363.6 kB)

P10.12

First result from the NRC Airborne W and X-band (NAWX) radar system—Observations of winter clouds during the Canadian CloudSat and CALIPSO validation project

Mengistu Wolde, NRC Institute for Aerospace Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and A. L. Pazmany and D. Hudak

P10.13

Development and application of a polarimetric X-Band radar for mobile or stationary applications

Joerg Borgmann, Selex SI GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and P. Goelz, R. Hannesen, F. Gekat, R. Cremonini, and R. Bechini

Handout (1.2 MB)

P10.14

An operational mobile XPOL for hydrometeorological applications in Brazil

Augusto José Pereira Filho, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and O. Massambani, P. E. Martins, and F. Cazenave

Handout (1.4 MB)