C-band observations during DYNAMO/CINDY2011/AMIE

Five C-band radars were deployed across the Indian Ocean, Australia, and into the West Pacific to study the initiation and evolution of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) during DYNAMO/CINDY2011/AMIE. The C-bands were workhorse radars of the campaign, tasked with gathering continuous, volumetric observations of the precipitating cloud population associated with active and suppressed MJO conditions. This work will report on the latest available comparisons between these radars (i.e., the SMART-R on Addu Atoll, TOGA on the Revelle, the Mirai ship-based radar, C-POL at Darwin, and C-SAPR on Manus). Emphasis will be placed on convective statistics including convective-stratiform rainfall separations and echo top heights.