Session 9B Polarimetric Radar: Tribute to Prof. Bringi - Data Quality / Calibration of Polarimetric Radars

Tuesday, 17 September 2013: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)
Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)
Cochairs:
Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Rapid CIty, SD and Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Papers:
4:30 PM
9B.1
Sampling issues in using raindrop disdrometer observations to determine radar Kdp-Z and self-consistency relationships
Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
9B.2
Collision-induced drop oscillations from wind-tunnel experiments
Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Szakall, V. Bringi, and S. K. Mitra
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (260.3 kB)

5:00 PM
9B.3
Monitoring the data quality of the new polarimetric weather radar network of the German Meteorological Service
Michael Frech, DWD, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (528.3 kB)

5:15 PM
9B.4
Polarimetric Weather Radar Calibration - Engineering Challenges
Richard L. Ice, US Air Force, Norman, OK; and A. K. Heck, J. G. Cunningham, J. C. Hubbert, G. Meymaris, and M. Dixon
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1002.8 kB)

Handout (3.2 MB)

5:30 PM
9B.5
Methods for Identifying Systematic Differential Reflectivity (Zdr) Biases on the Operational WSR-88D Network
Jeffrey G. Cunningham, US Air Force Weather Agency, Norman, OK; and W. D. Zittel, R. R. Lee, and R. L. Ice
Manuscript (1.9 MB)

Handout (6.3 MB)

5:45 PM
9B.6
Operational considerations for Zdr Calibration using the Cross-polarimetric Technique
Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Hubbert, M. Dixon, R. L. Ice, A. K. Heck, and J. G. Cunningham
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (241.8 kB)

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