Poster Session 4 Microphysical Studies with Radars: Posters 2.

Tuesday, 29 August 2017: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Zurich (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK and Marcus van Lier-Walqui, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Miami, FL

Second session on radar based or multisensor estimation of microphysical properties of cloud and precipitating ice and liquid. Identification of microphysical processes in radar moments, polarimetric measurements and radar Doppler spectra. Long term statistical studies, seasonal variation. Error structure and validation with in-situ and complementary measurements.

Papers:
79
Raindrop Breakup and Coalescence Diagnosed from Dual-Wavelength Vertically Pointing Radar Observations
Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

80
Spatial Variability of the Melting Layer in an Alpine Valley Using a Polarimetric X-band Radar
Floortje E.M. van den Heuvel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and A. Berne and M. Gabella

Handout (2.8 MB)

81
Microphysical Properties of Snowfall in the Swiss Alps as derived from Collocated Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera and W-band Cloud Profiler Measurements
Christophe Praz, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and Y. A. Roulet and A. Berne

82
Deriving Snowfall Microphysical Properties and Testing Connection with Triple-Frequency Radar Observation
Davide Ori, Univ. of Cologne, Köln, Germany; and D. Moisseev, A. von Lerber, J. Tiira, G. J. Huang, J. Leinonen, and V. Chandrasekar

83
Cloud Radar Spectral Polarimetry for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation
Alexander Myagkov, Radiometer Physics GmbH, Meckenheim, Germany; and T. Rose

84
Graupel Microphysical Properties and 95 GHz Attenuation from Airborne Doppler Cloud Radar and in-Situ Microphysical Observations
Surendra Rauniyar, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Australia; and A. Protat, J. Delanoë, E. Fontaine, D. Leroy, and A. Schwarzenboeck

Handout (2.9 MB)

85
Preliminary Analysis of Dual-Polarization Signatures Associated with Lightning Cessation in Multicellular Convection
Kurtis Pinkney, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey

86
Investigating Dependences of Ze-S-Relation on Microphysical Properties of Snow
Annakaisa von Lerber, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and D. Moisseev, L. F. Bliven, W. A. Petersen, A. M. Harri, and V. Chandrasekar

87
Analysis of Precipitation Processes in Clouds Interacting with Complex Terrain during the OLYMPEX Field Campaign
Alexis Hunzinger, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen

88
A Polarimetric and Microphysical Analysis of the Stratiform Rain Region of MCSs
Amanda M. Murphy, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, P. Zhang, G. M. McFarquhar, W. Wu, and D. M. Stechman

89
Detection and Estimation of High Ice Water Content Using X- and W-band Dual-Polarization Airborne Radar Data
Cuong Nguyen, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and M. Wolde, K. Baibakov, and A. Korolev

90
Estimating Spectral Differential Phase and Spectral Specific Differential Phase to Retrieve Particle Population Separated Ice Water Content Profiles
Lukas Pfitzenmaier, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and C. Unal, Y. Dufournet, and H. Russchenberg

91
Evaluation of Snow-Level Height Estimates from Polarimetric WSR-88D Measurements
Sergey Matrosov, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and R. Cifelli, A. B. White, and T. Coleman

92
Bulk Microphysics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Inferred from Polarimetric Radar Observations
Shawn Handler, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. R. Homeyer

93
Polarimetric Doppler Observations of Ice Particles with Scanning 94 GHz Cloud Radar
Alexander Myagkov, Radiometer Physics GmbH, Meckenheim, Germany; and T. Rose

94
Dominant Hydrometeor Type Distributions within Brazilian Tropical Precipitation Systems Inferred from X-Band Dual Polarization Radar Measurements
Jean-François Ribaud, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil; and L. A. T. Machado and T. Biscaro

Handout (3.3 MB)

95
Objective Identification and Tracking of ZDR columns in X-band Radar Observations of Storms
Patrick E Saunders, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and R. Tanamachi, D. Dietz, W. Heberling, and S. J. Frasier

96
Examining Polarimetric Radar Observations of Bulk Microphysical Structures and Their Relation to Vortex Kinematics in Hurricane Arthur (2014)
Anthony C. Didlake Jr., The Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and M. R. Kumjian

97
Backscatter Differential Phase of Small Liquid-Coated Ice Particles
Robert S. Schrom, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and M. R. Kumjian

98
Microphysical Analysis of Snowfall using S-band Polarimetric Radar in South Korea
MiYoung Kang, Pukyong National Univ., Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and D. I. Lee, C. You, H. J. Kim, G. H. Kim, and Y. S. Bang

99
Polarimetric Thermodynamic Retrievals in the Melting Layer: One-Dimensional Spectral Bin Model Simulations
Jacob Carlin, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Ryzhkov
Manuscript (480.3 kB)

Assessment of the Relative Quality of Hydrometeor Types Inferred from Polarimetric Radar Observations using Fuzzy Logic Techniques

100
Comparative Assessment of Specific Differential Phase Retrieval
Nitin Bharadwaj, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. E. Giangrande and J. C. Hardin

101
Enhancement on GPM DPR Dual-Frequency Profile Classification Module
Minda Le, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. V. Chandra, S. K. Biswas, and T. Iguchi

102
Precipitation Microphysics of Non-Tornadic Supercell Near the Radar Site of MRI in Tsukuba, Japan
Nobuhiro Nagumo, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and A. Adachi, W. Mashiko, and H. Yamauchi

Handout (5.6 MB)

103
Radar Simulation Studies for Hydrometeor Classification from Range Profile of Polarimetric Radar Signatures
Takahisa Kobayashi, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan; and S. Sugimoto, M. Nomura, H. Hirakuchi, and A. Adachi
Manuscript (460.7 kB)

Handout (405.9 kB)

104
Vertical Profiling of Precipitation Characteristics for GPM Ground Validation
David B. Wolff Sr., NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA; and W. A. Petersen, D. A. Marks, J. L. Pippitt, A. Tokay, and P. N. Gatlin

105
Microphysical Retrievals from Simultaneous Measurements by Airborne and Ground Radars during OLYMPEX
Stephen Joseph Munchak, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and I. S. Adams

Handout (7.9 MB)

106
Development of a Hydrometeor Classifier for the Met Office C-Band Weather Radar Network
Steven Best, UKMO, Exeter, U.K.; and D. Harrison, B. S. Pickering, and R. R. Neely III

Handout (619.8 kB)

107
BAIRS II: The Second Buffalo Area Icing and Radar Study
David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. F. Donovan, E. R. Williams, J. M. Kurdzo, B. J. Bennett, M. Wolde, K. Baibakov, M. Bastian, C. Nguyen, A. Korolev, D. Hudak, P. Rodriguez, and M. Harwood

Handout (37.2 MB)

108
In Situ Verification of Aircraft Icing Conditions Involving Needle Crystals and Supercooled Water in Winter Storms
Earle Williams, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and D. J. Smalley, M. F. Donovan, J. M. Kurdzo, B. J. Bennett, M. Wolde, C. Nguyen, K. Baibakov, M. Bastian, A. Korolev, and I. Heckman

Handout (6.2 MB)

109
Modulation of Precipitation in the Olympic Mountains by Trapped Gravity Waves During the OLYMPEX/RADEX Field Campaigns

110
Investigating Dynamical and Microphysical Mechanisms in a Squall Line that Interacted with Terrain During the IPHEx - NOAA HMT-SEPS Field Campaign in the Southern Appalachians
Joshua Aikins, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. Friedrich and R. Cifelli
Manuscript (6.7 MB)

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