Program: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology (40th Conference on Radar Meteorology)

Program Chairs: James M. Kurdzo ; David J. Bodine , University of Oklahoma

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Wednesday, 23 August 2023

9:00 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 23 August 2023

Virtual Posters

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: James M. Kurdzo; David J. Bodine

Use of PySTEPS As a Problem-Based Learning Methodology for Weather Radar and Nowcasting Courses in Southern Brazil

Leonardo Calvetti, UFPEL - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil; and T. M. Buriol, C. Beneti, and K. Andrzejewski

Spatial Dimension and Duration of Riming Events Determined from Ground-Based Cloud Radar Observations in Western Germany

Paul Ockenfuß, Meteorological Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, BY, Germany; and S. Kneifel, M. Gergely, and M. Frech

Handout (2.1 MB)

Retrieving the hail size distribution from C-band radar Doppler spectra

Mathias Gergely, ; and F. Seeger and M. Frech

Handout (742.5 kB)

Rain Gauges and X-Band Radar Hourly Comparison Under Complex Orographic Conditions in Reunion Island

Ambinintsoa Volatiana Ramanamahefa, University of La Réunion, Saint-Denis, Reunion; and T. Padmanabhan, G. LESAGE, and J. VAN BAELEN

Dynamics of Orographic Precipitation Associated with the Passage of the Tropical Cyclone Batsirai Nearby Reunion Island

Thiruvengadam Padmanabhan, University of La Réunion, Saint-Denis, Reunion; and A. V. Ramanamahefa, C. Soufflet, G. LESAGE, and J. VAN BAELEN

Improving X-Band Weather Radar Calibration By Minimizing Radome Influence through Adaptive FFT Filtering

Thiruvengadam Padmanabhan, University of La Réunion, Saint-Denis, Reunion; and G. LESAGE, A. V. Ramanamahefa, and J. VAN BAELEN

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using Machine Learning Techniques for Weather Radar and Rain Gauge Data Fusion

Fernanda Verdelho, Simepar, Curitiba , Brazil; and C. Beneti, L. Calvetti, R. Calheiros, L. E. S. Oliveira, and M. A. Z. Alves

Spatial Characteristics of Precipitation Associated with Tropical Cyclones and Their Retrieval Uncertainties from Spaceborne Precipitation Radars

Masafumi Hirose, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan

A Study of LEO Constellations for Signals of Opportunity (SoOp) in Earth Remote Sensing

Rozaine Wijekularatne, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Garrison

V10

Testing an Experimental Dry Snow Zdr Calibration Method on DOW (Doppler on Wheels) Data from Winter 2018

Julián Andres Navarrete Urrego, Universidad Nacional de Columbia, Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia; and J. A. Bruss and R. Tanamachi

Handout (1.9 MB)

V11

Convective Cells Characterization Using Combined Observations from Scanning Dual-Polarization Doppler Radars and the GOES Satellite

Aida Galfione, DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy; and A. Battaglia, B. P. Tresseras, M. Oue, E. Luke, and P. Kollias

Handout (885.5 kB)

V12

Analysis of Convective Cell Evolution Using High-Temporal, High-Vertical Resolution Cell Tracking Observations By C-Band Polarimetric Radars

Mariko Oue, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and K. Lamer, P. Kollias, B. P. Tresseras, E. Luke, J. Barr, Z. J. Mages, P. Borque, S. M. Saleeby, P. J. Marinescu, B. Dolan, and S. C. Van Den Heever

Handout (2.8 MB)

V14

Assimilation of Phased-Array Weather Radar Observations in a Convective Precipitation Event Using a 50 m Grid-Spacing NWP Model

Takumi Honda, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

V15

Experiments on WLAN Interference Reduction by Dynamic Frequency Selection in C-Band Weather Radars

Daichi Kitahara, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; and A. Arruti, M. Cancelada, M. Rugna, P. Salio, L. Vidal, and T. Ushio

Handout (1.9 MB)

V16

KDP Estimation Based on Spline Smoothing with the Self-Consistency Principle

Daichi Kitahara, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; and A. Arruti, M. Cancelada, M. Rugna, P. Salio, L. Vidal, Y. Wada, E. Yoshikawa, V. Chandrasekar, and T. Ushio

Handout (2.0 MB)

V17

Observations of wet downburst during a heavy rain event in Taipei Metropolitan

JONG-DAO JOU, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan; and Y. KAI-HSIANG and C. J. Jung

Handout (2.4 MB)

V19

Retrieval Wind Fields Based on Doppler Radar Network

xudong liang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China; Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 11, China; and Y. Xie and F. Li

V20

Polarimetric Radar and Surface Electric Potential Gradient Study of Non-Thunderstorm Cumulus Cloud Electrification

William Curtis, Florida State University EOAS, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg and K. L. Cummins

Handout (1.1 MB)

Monday, 28 August 2023

8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Session 1

Opening Remarks

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: James M. Kurdzo

8:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Airborne and Spaceborne Radar

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: James M. Kurdzo

8:30 AM

1.1

Tropical Convection through the Lens of the INCUS Mission

Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and Z. Haddad, S. Tanelli, K. L. Rasmussen, G. L. Stephens, D. J. Posselt, Y. Kim, J. Bukowski, A. M. Burzynski, R. Chase, B. Dolan, S. W. Freeman, P. N. Gatlin, L. D. Grant, G. J. Huffman, P. Kollias, G. Leung, Z. J. Luo, G. G. Mace, P. J. Marinescu, M. G. Morris, P. Partain, W. A. Petersen, S. Prasanth, S. C. Reising, R. Schulte, C. J. Schumacher, I. Singh, R. L. Storer, O. Sy, and H. Takahashi

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Radar in Operational Meteorology

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: James M. Kurdzo

9:00 AM

1.2

Science Deliverables to Canadian Weather Radar Network Renewal

Daniel Michelson, Environment and Climate Change Canada, King City, Canada; and L. Bitar, S. Boodoo, S. Brady, N. Donaldson, S. Holden, P.Eng., BESc, D. Jacques, S. Laramée, P. Leibiuk, Q. Li, A. Mahidjiba, S. Pinzariu, J. Reid, P. Rodriguez, S. Savard, and W. Yuen

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Radar History

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: James M. Kurdzo

9:30 AM

1.3

History of the Radar Conference

Jim Wilson, NCAR, Bouler, CO

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 28 August 2023

AMS Student and Early Career Professionals Engagement Coffee Break

Location: Great Lakes Promenade (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Hosts: (Joint between the Events; and the 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology )

Coffee Break

Location: Great Lakes Promenade (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Session 2A

Emerging Technology I: Bistatics, Profiling, and Phased Arrays

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: David Schvartzman, CIMMS/NSSL; Mark Leifer

10:30 AM

2A.1

Simulations of Polarimetric Bistatic Scattering at Multiple Frequencies

Samuel Emmerson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, D. Bodine, D. Schvartzman, P. Kirstetter, P. Skinner, and C. Fulton

10:45 AM

2A.2

A Phased-Array Bistatic Radar Network for Measuring Atmospheric Convection

Steven Beninati, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. J. Frasier, P. Kollias, E. Luke, and J. L. Salazar-Cerreno

11:00 AM

2A.3

A BAROmetric Differential Absorption Radar (BARODAR) for surface pressure remote sensing

Alessandro Battaglia, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom; and E. Rumi

11:15 AM

2A.4

Exploiting All Digital Phased Array Radars for Clutter Mitigation with Space-Time Adaptive Processing

Yoon Kim, ARRC=Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman, R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, F. Nai, and C. Curtis

11:30 AM

2A.5

A Robust Approach to Polarimetric Calibration for NSSL's Advanced Technology Demonstrator

Igor R Ivic, The Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and N. Zemlin and D. Wasielewski

11:45 AM

2A.6

The NSSL ATD through NWS Eyes: An Assessment of Base Data Quality

Jami B. Boettcher, CIWRO/OU NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and F. Nai, T. J. Schuur, S. M. Torres, A. A. Alford, C. M. Kuster, and A. E. Reinhart

Session 2B

Microphysical Studies with Radar I: Multiparameter Observations of Snow and Ice

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University; Angela Rowe

10:30 AM

2B.1

High-Resolution Snowstorm Measurements and Retrievals Using Cross-Platform Multi-Frequency and Polarimetric Radars

Edwin Lee Dunnavan III, NOAA, Norman, OK; Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; and J. Carlin, D. Schvartzman, A. V. Ryzhkov, H. B. Bluestein, S. Emmerson, G. M. McFarquhar, G. Heymsfield, and J. E. Yorks

10:45 AM

2B.2

Airborne Observations of Riming in Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds during HALO-(AC)3

Nina Maherndl, Leipzig University, Leipzig, SN, Germany; Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany; and M. Maahn, M. Moser, J. Lucke, M. Mech, and N. Risse

Handout (19.7 MB)

11:00 AM

2B.3

Spatial Variability in the Occurrence of Summer Precipitation over a 30 km Transect in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica

Alfonso Ferrone, LTE, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and É. Vignon, A. Zonato, and A. Berne

Handout (7.6 MB)

11:15 AM

2B.4

Linking Dual-Pol Radar Signatures to Temperature and Microphysics during NASA IMPACTS

Song Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Kumjian and S. J. Greybush

11:30 AM

2B.5

The Polarimetric Radar Scattering Properties of Oriented Aggregates

Robert Schrom, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Munchak and I. Adams

11:45 AM

2B.6

State Dependent Sensitivity of Spaceborne Radar to Ice Cloud Microphysical Assumptions

Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. L. Storer, R. Schulte, P. J. Marinescu, R. Chase, S. Tanelli, and G. R. Leung

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Lunch Break

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Session 3A

Emerging Technology II: Digital Beamforming and Phased Array Signal Processing Techniques

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Bradley Isom, 1001 Boston Post Rd; Stephen J. Frasier

1:30 PM

3A.1

Phase-Only Pattern Synthesis for Imaging Beams Using NURBS

Reece J. Reinke, The Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman, R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, and F. Nai

1:45 PM

3A.2

Digital Beamforming of Unequal APAR Subarrays

Mark Leifer, Boulder, CO

2:00 PM

3A.3

Novel Adaptive Beamforming Technique for Weather Observations Using the Advanced Technology Demonstrator at NSSL

Feng Nai, CIWRO,

2:15 PM

3A.4

Evaluating the Benefit and Utility of All-Digital PAR Imaging Modes for Tornadic and Non-Tornadic Supercells using Synthetic PAR Data

Brandon K. Cohen, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, M. Yeary, J. C. Snyder, and H. B. Bluestein

2:30 PM

3A.5

SPARS: A Novel Technique for Sampling Meteorological Targets using a Phased Array Radar

Edward Luke, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and P. Kollias

2:45 PM

3A.6

Experimental Validation of the Cross-Polar Canceller (XPC) Technique: A Novel Solution to Improve the Cross-Polar Contamination on Polarimetric Phased Array Weather Radars

Cesar Manuel Salazar, Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC) - The University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman, OK; Advanced Radar Research Center, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman, B. Cheong, and R. D. Palmer

Session 3B

Microphysical Studies with Radar II: Polarimetric Observations of Deep Convection

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Nick Guy, PhD, Verisk Weather Solutions; Lina Esther Rivelli-Zea

1:30 PM

3B.1

Microphysical Processes Contributing to Extreme Rainfall in Complex Terrain

Angela Rowe, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and I. Cornejo

1:45 PM

3B.2

Microphysical Insights from Dual-Polarization Spectral Decomposition in Updraft Environments during the RELAMPAGO Campaign

Ivan Arias Hernandez, Colorado State University, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

2:00 PM

3B.3

Observations and Modeling of Seabreeze Convection Sampled during the Tracking Aerosol Cloud IntERactions (TRACER) Experiment

Robert C. Jackson, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL; and T. Matsui, T. Iguchi, I. Silber, A. Fridlind, E. C. Bruning, K. Brunner, J. C. D. S. Souza, M. van Lier-Walqui, and S. M. Collis

2:15 PM

3B.4

Investigating the Relation between Polarimetric Radar Signatures and Downburst Forcing Mechanisms using Spectral Bin Modeling

Jacob Carlin, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov

2:30 PM

3B.5

Detection and Sizing of Hail Using the Differential Phase

Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and A. Witt

2:45 PM

3B.6

Characteristic of ZDR Columns in a High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction Model

Chun Hay Brian Lo, University of Reading, Reading, RDG, United kingdom; and T. H. M. Stein, C. D. Westbrook, P. Field, K. Furtado, J. M. Wilkinson, T. Darlington, and H. W. Lean

Handout (11.6 MB)

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Airborne and Spaceborne Radar

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Richard Roy

Evaluation of Version 7 products from GPM/DPR

Nobuhiro Takahashi, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; and T. Masaki and T. Kubota

Handout (6.3 MB)

VERTICAL PROFILE OF HYDROMETEOR CLASS RETRIEVAL --- A NEW PRODUCT IN VERSION 8 OF GPM DPR

SOLID STATE TRANSMITTER UPGRADES FOR NASA GSFC HIGH-ALTITUDE AIRBORNE WEATHER RADARS

Lihua Li, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Walker McLinden and G. Heymsfield

Retrieving atmospheric pressure with airborne or spaceborne radar: Design considerations of V-band differential absorption radar

Matthew Walker McLinden, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Heymsfield, B. Lin, L. Li, S. Harrah, N. Prive, J. Carswell, X. Cai, K. Horgan, E. Ford, S. Hoffert, and P. Pantina

Impact of Non-Uniform Beam Filling on Satellite Radar Path Integrated Attenuation

Christopher R. Williams, University of Colorado Boulder, Denver, CO

Global Assessments of Doppler Velocity Measurement Errors of EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar Using Global Storm-Resolving Simulation

Yuichiro Hagihara, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ohno, H. Horie, W. Roh, M. Satoh, and T. Kubota

Handout (583.0 kB)

Upgraded Capabilities of the Wyoming Cloud Radar and the Ka-band Probe Radar

Coltin Grasmick, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. N. Geerts, S. Haimov, M. Guignes, J. R. French, M. Burkhart, and A. Pazmany

Handout (2.7 MB)

Radar Forward Modeling for the NASA Investigation of Convective Updrafts Mission

Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. L. Storer, S. Tanelli, R. Beauchamp, S. Durden, A. Umeyama, S. C. Van Den Heever, and O. Sy

Ice Microphysical Retrievals Using W-band Airborne Radar Polarimetric Observations

Cuong Nguyen, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and M. Wolde, L. Nichman, N. Bliankinshtein, K. Ranjbar, K. Bala, J. R. Minder, and J. R. French

Airborne Radar Instrumentation for the Hurricane Hunter Aircraft

Bradley M. Isom, NORMAN, OK; and C. Bjorland, J. Carswell, R. Roy, and R. Engelbrecht

Handout (3.5 MB)

Vertical Air Motion Retrievals from Airborne W-band Cloud Radar

Haonan Chen, Colorado State University, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, C. R. Williams, and E. Thompson

11A

The Potential of the W-Band Polarization Diversity Doppler Radar Envisaged for the Wivern Mission for Sampling Tropical Cyclones

Frédéric Tridon, DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy; and A. Battaglia, A. J. Illingworth, A. Rizik, P. Martire, F. Scarsi, and M. Tossaint

11B

Assessment of Vertical Profile Correction for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation using S-band Radar in Northern Taiwan

Chien-Yu Liu, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and W. Y. Chang

Microphysical Studies with Radar

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University; Angela Rowe

Humor in Radar Meteorology

James I. Metcalf, Retired, Wayland, MA

A New Micro-physical Interpretation of the Variability of Z-R Relationships

Louis Nan Yu, METEO FRANCE, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Handout (379.2 kB)

Distinct Secondary Ice Production Processed Observed in Radar Doppler Spectra: Insights from a Case Study

Anne-Claire Billault-Roux, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; and P. Georgakaki, J. Gehring, L. Jaffeux, A. Schwarzenboeck, P. Coutris, A. Nenes, and A. Berne

Detection of Potential Refreezing Rain Area Using Dual-Polarization Variables and Wet-Bulb Temperature

Soohyun Kwon, KMA, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. E. Lee and S. Lee

On the Detection of Icing Conditions at Altitude in Conjunction with Mesoscale Convective Complexes Using Balloon Sondes

Chuntao Liu, Texas A&M Univ. Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX

Handout (2.4 MB)

DISDRODB: A Global Data Base of Raindrop Size Distribution Observations

Gionata Ghiggi, EPFL, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; and C. M. H. Unal, M. Schleiss, R. Uijlenhoet, T. Raupach, and A. Berne

Handout (55.3 MB)

ICE GENESIS: Synergetic Radar and In Situ Measurements of Snowfall Microphysical Properties

Anne-Claire Billault-Roux, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; and J. Grazioli, J. Delanoë, A. Schwarzenboeck, F. Dezitter, and A. Berne

Parametrizing Fall Velocity of Melting Snow Particles Observed in Ensembles

Annakaisa von Lerber, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and D. Moisseev

Retrieving the Liquid Water Content and Radar Estimated Size of Rain Using Collocated X- and K-band Radars: OSSE and Real Case Study

Hua-En Lin, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and W. Y. Chang

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation with Ground-Based Phased Array Radars

Aimee Dixon, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Kirstetter, R. D. Palmer, A. V. Ryzhkov, and J. Carlin

Classification of Surface Precipitation Types Using Polarimetric Radar and Wet-Bulb Temperature Profile at KMA

HEEJEONG CHOI, KMA, Seoul, Dongjak-gu, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. Kwon and S. Lee

Investigating Ice Particle Size Distribution Characteristics Using Collocated Aircraft in-Situ Measurements and Radar Observations

Anwen Li, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 32, China; and Y. Lu, K. zhao, and H. Huang

The Feature of Raindrop Collision Process Revealed from Ground-Based Disdrometer and Dual-Polarimetric Radar

Chen-Hau Lan, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taiwan; and P. L. Lin, M. T. Lee, and Z. C. Zeng

Connecting Storm-Relative Hodograph Characteristics to Vertical Variability of ZDR – KDP Separation

Scott Loeffler, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

Machine Learning Approach for Polarimetric Retrieval of Raindrop Size Distributions

Kyuhee Shin, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. Kim, J. J. Song, W. Bang, V. Bringi, M. Thurai-Rajasingam, and G. LEE

Feasibility of Using Ultra-High Resolution Radar Measurements to Detect Drizzle Particles in a Convection-Cloud Chamber

Zeen Zhu, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook, NY; and F. Yang, P. Kollias, R. A. Shaw, A. Kostinski, K. Lamer, N. Allwayin, M. Oue, and A. Vogelmann

An Insight Into the Microphysical Attributes of Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclones

Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Types using Three Dimension Radar datasets

Choeng-lyong Lee, Kyungpook National Univ., Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and W. Bang, C. L. Tsai, and G. LEE

Study on Microphysical Characteristics of Snowfall in Eastern China using Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer and Dual-Polarization Radar Data

Hao Huang, Nanjing Univerisity, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China; and K. Zhao Sr. and R. Tao

Attenuation Correction for Melting Ice at C-Band and Verification from S-Band Profiler Radar Measurements

Adubi Tunde, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and I. A. Hernandez, S. Biswas, PhD, V. Chandrasekar, and R. Cifelli

Handout (2.9 MB)

Identifying Multimodal Spectra Events with Doppler Radar Observations

Sarah Wugofski, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and M. Kumjian, M. Oue, and P. Kollias

Radar-Based Characteristics of Convective Rain-Cell during Southwest Monsoon over Eastern Thailand

Parinya Intaracharoen, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATIVES, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand; Royal Rainmaing Technology Research and Development, bangkok, 10, Thailand; and P. Meesangngern, P. Chantraket, and C. Detyothin

Challenges to Radar Precipitation Retrieval Caused by Hydrometeor Orientation

Kwo-Sen Kuo, GSFC, GREENBELT, MD; and R. S. Schrom, I. Fenni, and I. Adams

Overview of Multi-frequency and Dual-Doppler Radar Observations in the East River Watershed of Colorado during the SAIL and SPLASH Field Experiment

V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, S. K. Biswas, P. Kennedy, D. Feldman, G. de Boer, M. Maahn, H. Kalesse-Los, and F. Junyent

A MAGIC Layer Around -15°C: Dynamical and Microphysical Process

GyuWon Lee, Daegu, Daegu, gyeongsangnbuk-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. Y. Ye

Assessing Hail Characteristics over the Sierras de Córdoba Mountains in Argentina: A Comparative Analysis of C- and X-band Data from RELAMPAGO-CACTI

Lina Esther Rivelli-Zea, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and S. W. Nesbitt and J. C. Snyder

Handout (1.5 MB)

Microphysics of Heavy Rainfall Observed during the Prediction of Rainfall Extremes Campaign In the Pacific (PRECIP) 2022

Michael M. Bell, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. C. DeHart, C. C. Nam, T. Y. Cha, and M. J. Yang

Handout (51.4 MB)

Quantitative Interpretation of Polarimetric Radar Observations of Hail

Andrew Detwiler, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and D. Delene, V. Chandrasekar, P. Kennedy, A. J. Heymsfield, and A. Bansemer

Polarimetric Radar Studies of Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Bruno L Medina

Microphysical Structure of Thunderstorms and Their Lightning Activity during the Mei-Yu and Post-Mei-Yu Periods over Nanjing, Yangtze River Delta

Ji Yang, Nanjing Joint Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Key Laboratory of Transportation Meteorology of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Development and Evaluation of a Lightning pre-detection model utilizing the 3-Dimensiona Polarimetric Radar

Hae Lim Kim, KMA, Seoul, Dongjak-gu, South korea; and M. Son and K. Y. Nam

Lightning Initiation and Propagation Relative to Turbulence and Hydrometeor Categories

Bruno L. Medina, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and W. Deierling and E. C. Bruning

Dual Polarization Observations of Electrified Deep Convection During the Landfall of Hurricane Ian

A. Addison Alford, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Ringhausen, N. S. BRAUER, V. C. Chmielewski, K. M. Calhoun, C. K. Ferguson, S. M. Waugh, M. Stock, V. Salinas, and J. Segall

High Temporal Resolution Observations of Cloud Electrification with Spectral Polarimetry

Tian-You Yu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman, M. D. TZENG, D. J. Bodine, E. C. Bruning, V. C. Chmielewski, and M. Stock

Polarimetric Radar Characteristics of Weakly Electrified Clouds over the Eastern Range

Lawrence D. Carey, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. L. Cummins

Handout (1.5 MB)

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrology

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Ali Tokay, NASA

Poster 46 is now Paper 16B.6A

Validation and Intercomparison of Rain Rate Retrievals using the S-Pol Radar during PRECIP

Ian C Cornejo, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Rowe, U. Romatschke, and M. J. Dixon

Impact of WSR-88D MESO-SAILS Usage on MRMS-based Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Accuracy

James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. F. Donovan, J. Y. N. Cho, and B. J. Bennett

An Open-Source Python Package to Integrate and Analyze Precipitation Datasets

Charanjit Singh Pabla, SSAI, Wallops island, VA; and D. B. Wolff, J. L. Pippitt, M. J. Boulanger, and S. M. Wingo

Handout (3.5 MB)

Beam occultation impacts on quantitative precipitation estimates from the Purdue University X-band Teaching and Research Radar (XTRRA)

Robin Tanamachi, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and M. L. Eichenauer and J. Bruss

Manuscript (5.6 MB)

Validation of IMERG Oceanic Precipitation over Kwajalein

Jianxin Wang, SSAI/GSFC/NASA

Computation of Rain Rates in Areas of Wind Farms

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

Analysis of the Reflections of Dual-pol Radar Beam from Skyscrapers

Pengfei Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and K. Howard

Evaluation of Radar-derived Polarimetric Precipitation Estimates for Extreme Cases Using a Dense Network of Rain Gauge Data

Operational implementation of a random forest approach to derive quantitative precipitation estimation with measurements from the Swiss polarimetric radar network

Rebecca Gugerli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; METEOSWISS, Locarno-Monti, Ticino, Switzerland; and D. Wolfensberger, M. Gabella, M. Boscacci, U. M. Germann, and A. Berne

Handout (5.4 MB)

Sub-grid peaks in localized intense rain events using high-resolution operational radar data in Switzerland

Adrien Liernur, Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; and M. Gabella, U. M. Germann, and A. Berne

You’re using radars for what!?! Measuring hydrologic responses

Jonathan J. Gourley, NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Howard, D. Wasielewski, Y. Derin, P. Kirstetter, J. A. Duarte, H. Vergara, M. A. Wagner, J. Fulton, and L. Hempel

Heavy rainfall in complex terrain: A view from space

Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University, Longmont, CO; and K. L. Rasmussen, H. Yu, S. A. Rutledge, and M. M. Bell

RFC & WFO QPE ANALYSIS & CHALLENGES FOR FLOOD FORECASTING

Shawn DeVinny, National Weather Service- North Central River Forecast Center; and E. Ahasic

Evaluating the QPE of a dual polarization S band weather radar in Brazil

Yusvelis Maribel Barzaga Ramírez, Instituto de Astronomia, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. Morales

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Session 4A

Radar Meteorology Education

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Robin Tanamachi

4:30 PM

4A.1

The Research and Educational Activities with the Mobile Rapid Scan X-Band Polarimetric (RaXPol) Radar As an NSF Community Instrument Facility

David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, Y. Wen, A. Alruzuq, P. Kirstetter, Y. Derin, L. Shedd, B. K. Cohen, M. Borowski, M. D. TZENG, E. D. Mullens, S. Mullens, H. B. Bluestein, R. D. Palmer, and B. L. Cheong

4:45 PM

4A.2

Open Radar Cookbooks for All

Maxwell A. Grover, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL; and S. M. Collis, J. R. O'Brien, R. C. Jackson, R. M. May, M. A. Camron, MS, J. C. DeHart, T. Y. Cha, M. Dixon, S. W. Freeman, K. Brunner, D. Michelson, K. R. Tyle, B. E. J. Rose, and J. Kent

5:00 PM

4A.3

A CURE for Radar Meteorology: Piloting the Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Format at Purdue University

Robin Tanamachi, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

Manuscript (1.1 MB)

5:15 PM

4A.4

The ESPOIRS Project

Joel VAN BAELEN, University of La Réunion, SAINT-DENIS, Reunion; and O. Bousquet, G. LESAGE, F. RIGAUD-LOUISE, T. Padmanabhan, and A. V. Ramanamahefa

Session 4B

Airborne and Spaceborne Radar I: Ground Validation of GPM Measurements

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Bart nmn Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming; Randy Chase, NSF

4:30 PM

4B.1

The Microphysics and Kinematics of GPM's Satellite Radar Profiles

Patrick N. Gatlin, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; and S. Stough

4:45 PM

4B.2

Melting the Inconsistencies: Enhancing Coherence in Microphysical Properties of Precipitation across the Melting Layer in the Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar Data

Kamil Mroz, National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom; and A. Battaglia

5:00 PM

4B.3

Assessment of the GPM Rainfall Retrieval Algorithm Using in-Situ Measurements.

Alfonso Ladino, Univ. of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL; and S. W. Nesbitt, L. DiGirolamo, R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, R. Miller, and J. R. Loveridge

5:15 PM

4B.4

Narrowing the Blind Zone of the GPM Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar to Improve Shallow Precipitation Detection in Mountainous Areas

Riku Shimizu, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and S. Shige, T. Iguchi, C. K. Yu, and L. W. Cheng

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 28 August 2023

Icebreaker Event

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Tuesday, 29 August 2023

8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Observations of Winter Storms

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: James M. Kurdzo

8:00 AM

5.1

Airborne Radar and Microphysics Signatures in Snowbands as Measured during the IMPACTS Field Campaign

Lynn McMurdie, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Finlon, G. M. Heymsfield, and J. E. Yorks

8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Severe Storms and Mesoscale Meteorology

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: James M. Kurdzo

8:30 AM

5.2

Investigating the Relationships Between Rotation and Heavy Rainfall Along the Mei-yu Front During PRECIP 2022

Jennifer C. DeHart, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Bell and T. W. Barbero

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Panel: Utilizing Emerging Radar Technologies to Achieve New Scientific Discoveries

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Jana B. Houser, PhD

Moderator: Jana B. Houser, PhD

Panelists: Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University; Angela Rowe; Ulrike Romatschke, NCAR; Robin Tanamachi

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Coffee Break

Location: Great Lakes Promenade (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Session 6A

Airborne and Spaceborne Radars II: Innovative Airborne Radar Systems and Retrievals

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Pei-Sang Tsai; Zhi Tao, Key Laboratory of Mesoscale Severe Weather/MOE

10:30 AM

6A.1

Examining Severe Storm Characteristics with the Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) Observing Simulator

Bradley Klotz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee and J. Vivekanandan

10:45 AM

6A.2

Classification of Clouds in Airborne Cloud Radar Observations

Ulrike Romatschke, NCAR, Boulder, CO

11:00 AM

6A.3

Challenges of Combining Remote Sensing with In-situ Measurements in Airborne Science and Engineering

Yan Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; CAPS, Norman, OK; and G. M. McFarquhar, S. Harrah, and J. Fusselman

Manuscript (2.8 MB)

11:15 AM

6A.4

Airborne Radar Doppler Spectrum Width as a Scale-Dependent Turbulence Metric

Adam Majewski, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. French and S. Haimov

11:30 AM

6A.5

Implementation of the Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) Observing Simulator (AOS) Prototype

Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Bouler, CO; and B. W. Klotz, J. Vivekanandan, K. Manning, G. H. Bryan, M. Bell, and P. Kollias

11:45 AM

6A.6

The Structure and Dynamics of the Turbulent Hurricane Boundary Layer from Radar Remote Sensing

Steve R. Guimond, UMBC, Baltimore, MD; and Z. Jelenak, J. W. Sapp, and P. Chang

Session 6B

Severe Storms and Mesoscale Meteorology I: Observations of Deep Convection and the Boundary Layer

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Leanne Blind-Doskocil, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

10:30 AM

6B.1

Exploring Convective Boundary Layer Depth and Entrainment Zone Properties with Dual-Polarization Radar Observations

Braedon Stouffer, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and C. L. Comer, D. J. Stensrud, M. Kumjian, and Y. Zhang, PhD

10:45 AM

6B.2

Does Meteorological Variability Across Sea and Bay-Breeze Fronts Influence Thunderstorm Characteristics? Insights from the TAMU TRACER Field Campaign

Milind Sharma, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. D. Rapp and C. J. Nowotarski

11:00 AM

6B.3

A Fuzzy Logic Algorithm for Convection Initiation Forecast in Taiwan

Hung-Kuan Li, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and W. Y. Chang

11:15 AM

6B.4

Characteristics of Thermals in Deep Convective Storms from Radar Observations

Thorwald H. M. Stein, Univ. of Reading, Reading, RDG, United Kingdom; and L. Till, P. Clark, M. Feist, C. Halliwell, E. Rumi, C. Walden, and R. R. Neely III

11:30 AM

6B.5

Near-Surface Moisture Variability in the Coastal Environments Revealed from Weather Radars

Ya-Chien Feng, PNNL; and H. W. Hsu and T. M. Weckwerth

11:45 AM

6B.6

Characteristics of Convective Cores As Revealed in Range-Height Indicator Scans during RELAMPAGO-CACTI

Stephen William Nesbitt, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and A. Varble, PhD, A. Hunzinger, and J. Hardin

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Lunch Break

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Session 7A

Severe Storms and Mesoscale Meteorology II: Field Campaign Observations of Supercells and Tornadoes

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Michael M. French, Stony Brook University

1:30 PM

7A.1

The May 27, 2019 Imperial, NE Supercell during TORUS: Origins, Observations, and Impacts of an SVC

Alex Schueth, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, C. L. Ziegler, E. Rasmussen, and M. C. Coniglio

1:45 PM

7A.2

Multi-Doppler Analyses Detailing the Evolution of the 20 May 2019 Mangum, OK Supercell Observed During TORUS

Daniel M. Stechman, NSSL, Norman, OK; CIWRO, Norman, OK; and C. L. Ziegler

2:00 PM

7A.3

The Kinematic Character of Supercell Forward Flank Outflows from the TORUS Project

Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and A. Schueth

2:15 PM

7A.4

A Triple-Doppler Analysis of the 17 May 2019 McCook / Farnam, NE Tornadic Supercell

Martin Satrio, CIWRO & NOAA / OAR / NSSL; and M. Coniglio, E. Rasmussen, C. L. Ziegler, and D. Stechman

2:30 PM

7A.5

Determining the Vertical Sense of Evolution of Rotation during Tornadogenesis Using Rapid-Scan, Polarimetric Radar Data

Jana B. Houser, PhD, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and H. B. Bluestein, Z. Weinhoff, and K. Thiem

2:45 PM

7A.6

The BEST Project (Boundary-layer Evolution and Structure of Tornadoes) Kinematic and Thermodynamic Observations of Tornadoes

Joshua Wurman, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and K. A. Kosiba

Session 7B

Signal/Data Processing Techniques for Radar I: Spectral Processing Algorithms

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Sudesh Boodoo

1:30 PM

7B.1

Doppler Spectrum Reconstruction for Precipitation with Gaussian Process Models

Tworit Dash, Delft University of Technology, Delft, ZH, Netherlands; and H. Driessen, O. Krasnov, and A. Yarovoy

1:45 PM

7B.2

Differential Phase on Transmission

Dusan S. Zrnic, NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman and V. M. Melnikov

2:00 PM

7B.3

A Signal Processing Technique to Mitigate Wind Turbine Clutter on the NEXRAD Network

Sebastian M. Torres, CIWRO,

2:15 PM

7B.4

Regression Filtering to Improve Radar Signal Statistics: Application to NEXRAD SZ Phase Coded Data

John C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Dixon, S. M. Ellis, U. Romatschke, and G. Meymaris

2:30 PM

7B.5

Identification and Mitigation of Wind Turbine Clutter using Spectral CMD

Michael J. Dixon, NCAR, BOULDER, CO; and J. C. Hubbert

2:45 PM

7B.6

Designing and Evaluating Pulse Compression Waveform for Meteopress Solid-State Radars

Jan Hrach, Meteopress, Praha, Czech republic

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Emerging Technology and Phased Arrays

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Bradley Isom, 1001 Boston Post Rd; Jorge L. Salazar, Univ. of Oklahoma

Polarimetric Weather Observations with the Fully Digital Horus Radar

David Schvartzman, ARRC / School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, D. S. Zrnic, A. V. Ryzhkov, D. J. Bodine, M. Yeary, P. E. Kirstetter, and T. Y. Yu

Advancing Atmospheric Science with a State-of-the-art mmWave Phased Array Radar Technology

Jorge L. Salazar, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, R. D. Palmer, D. Schvartzman, J. McDaniel, P. E. Kirstetter, C. R. Homeyer, B. L. Cheong, T. Y. Yu, M. Yeary, and P. Kollias

Dual-frequency terahertz weather radar observing cloud and water vapor

Takeshi MAESAKA, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Aoyama and H. Fujii

Handout (5.9 MB)

Polarimetric phased array radar bias dependence on antenna shape obtained from computational electromagnetic modeling

Djordje Mirkovic, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and D. Schvartzman

Airborne Polarimetric Doppler Phased Array Weather Radar: Modularity and scalability features

Jothiram Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew and A. Karboski

Initial Steps on Developing NOAA's Next Generation Doppler Weather Radar System

Terrance J Clark, NOAA/NWS Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and A. Mehta, F. W. Gallagher III, and J. A. Schultz

Manuscript (89.1 kB)

Handout (1.2 MB)

Application of X-band Phased Array Weather Radar Network in Convective Weather Monitoring and Warning

Jianhua Dai, Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory, Xuhui, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory, China, Xuhui, Shanghai, China; and G. Wang, H. Chen, J. Zhu, and L. Guan

The Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM)

Joshua Wurman, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and K. A. Kosiba

Mobile S-band and Bistatic Networks for Severe Storms and other Studies

Joshua Wurman, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and K. A. Kosiba

Assessment of scanning strategies on the characterization and detection of downburst and its precursors with all-digital polarimetric phased array weather radar

Tian-You Yu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. B. Pearson, D. J. Bodine, S. Torres, N. Kuhr, and C. M. Kuster

Polarimetric Signatures and MRMS Algorithms with the Fully-Digital Horus Radar on Hail Producing Storms

Laura Shedd, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, D. Schvartzman, A. E. Reinhart, J. C. Snyder, and K. L. Ortega

Intercomparisons of Radial Velocity Signatures from Initial All-Digital Horus PAR Observations with Fixed-Site Weather Radars

Brandon K. Cohen, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, M. Yeary, J. C. Snyder, D. Schvartzman, C. M. Kuster, T. J. Schuur, J. B. Boettcher, and A. A. Alford

Past and Future Deployments of the Colorado State University Sea-Going and Land Deployable Polarimetric (SEA-POL) Radar

Michael M. Bell, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge, V. Chandrasekar, C. C. Nam, B. Dolan, and F. Junyent

Handout (61.8 MB)

Validation of Multistatic Wind Retrievals Using a Vertically Pointing Mobile Radar

Samuel Emmerson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, D. J. Bodine, D. Schvartzman, P. Kirstetter, and P. S. Skinner

Innovative Control and Signal Processing Software for Modern Weather Radar

Jakub Bartel, Meteopress, Prague, 107, Czech republic

Advantages of Solid State Weather Radars

Michal Najman, Meteopress, Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Radar Meteorology Education

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Robin Tanamachi

GPM-API: A Python Interface to Access the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Satellites Open Data Archive

Gionata Ghiggi, EPFL, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; and A. Berne

Handout (14.7 MB)

What You Forgot You Knew

Christopher Don Huffer, B.S. Meteorology, NOAA, Norman, OK; NOAA, Norman, OK

Handout (6.2 MB)

The Lidar Radar Open Software Environment (LROSE) Science Gateway: Introductory Data Processing in the Cloud

Jennifer C. DeHart, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO; and B. Javornik, T. Y. Cha, M. Bell, T. W. Barbero, M. J. Dixon, and W. C. Lee

Severe Storms and Mesoscale Meteorology

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Jana B. Houser, PhD; Karen A. Kosiba

Characteristics of Spatial-Temporal Distribution and Storm Morphologies of Tornadoes in Jiangsu,China

FEN XU, Nanjing Joint Institute for Atmospheric Sciences, NANJING, China; and Y. ZHENG and K. SUN

Simulation Analysis of Typical Tornadic Supercell and Nontornadic Supercell Processes

Kangyuan Sun, Nanjing Joint Institute for Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Application of mobile dual-polarisation radar for wildfire monitoring and nowcasting

Peter Thomas May, Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia; and A. Guyot, A. J. F. Protat, M. Curtis, M. Peace, and K. turner

Detection of Aircraft Icing Potential Areas using 3D Radar Data and Atmospheric Parameters

Yura Kim, KMA, Seoul, South korea; and B. Y. Ye and K. Y. Nam

Automatic Center Detection of Tropical Cyclone using Image Processing Based on the Operational Radar Network

Ji-Young Gu, KMA, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. J. Mo and S. Lee

High-Temporal Resolution Observations of a Tornadic Supercell near Cole, Oklahoma on 19 April 2023

David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman, M. D. TZENG, B. L. Cheong, H. B. Bluestein, R. D. Palmer, and T. Y. Yu

Examining the Relationship Between Debris Characteristics and Polarimetric Signatures using High-Resolution Mobile Radar Data, Photogrammetry, and Electromagnetic Scattering Simulations

David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, J. A. Margraf, T. Greenwood, S. W. Emmerson, and B. L. Cheong

An analysis of the 23 May 2011 hailstorm in Oklahoma based on data from four different radars

Leah M Swinney, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein and J. C. Snyder

Variations on the Meso- and Micro-scale Structures of Mesoscale Convective Systems Under Different Large-scale Circulations over Southern China

Using polarimetric radar data to identify tornadoes in near real-time

Katie Leigh Ward, Verisk Weather Solutions, Lexington, MA; and B. Fay and L. McCarthy

Handout (3.2 MB)

The Statistical Lifecycle of a Supercell Storm

Cameron R. Homeyer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Murphy

Use of ZDR columns for early detection of severe convection within the operational radar network of the United Kingdom

Chun Hay Brian Lo, University of Reading, Reading, RDG, United kingdom; and T. H. M. Stein, R. Scovell, C. D. Westbrook, T. Darlington, and H. W. Lean

Handout (2.3 MB)

Radar Observations of Hailstorms producing Giant Hail

Arthur Witt, NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. C. Snyder and J. Krause

Handout (2.7 MB)

Radar-Based Studies of Mesoscale Convective Storms Using Different Frequency Bands of Weather Radars

Handout (2.5 MB)

Observations of Severe-Wind Driven and other Wildfires with DOWs

Karen A. Kosiba, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. Wurman

The PERiLS Project: Tornado Chasing in the Southeast

Karen A. Kosiba, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. Wurman, R. J. Trapp, M. D. Parker, and S. W. Nesbitt

Comparative Analysis of Characteristics of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Observations and Model Simulation

Jeong-Eun Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South korea; and G. Lee

Comparison of algorithm performance assessing size sorting signatures in polarimetric radar data

Scott Loeffler, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and J. Segall, M. Wilson, A. E. Reinhart, K. L. Ortega, M. M. French, and D. M. Kingfield

Developing NSSL PodRads: Low-cost, pod-style radars for measuring vertical profiles of vertical velocities in tornadoes and convective storms

Jeffrey C. Snyder, NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Norman, OK; and P. Servello and D. Wasielewski

Characteristics and Mechanisms of Heavy rainfall Spatial Distribution and Diurnal Cycle over an East China Mesoscale Mountain

Tornadic Debris Signature and Debris Fallout Analysis of the 10-11 December 2021 EF4 Tornado

Savannah J. Southward, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine and R. Cross

100

Radar Characteristics of Two Afternoon Thunderstorm events during the 2022 PRECIP field campaign

Ting-Yu Cha, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee, M. Bell, J. D. B. Jou, and B. F. Chen

101

Relating Polarimetric Radar Measurements to QLCS Cold Pool Properties and Damage Potential

Anna VanAlstine, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and M. Kumjian

102

Rapid-Scan Radar Observations of Two QLCSs during the PERiLS 2023 Field Campaign

Morgan Schneider, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, B. Cheong, and D. Schvartzman

104

Multi-Doppler Analysis of QLCS Mesovortices Observed During the 30 April 2017 Mission of the VORTEX-SE Field Campaign

Daniel M. Stechman, CIWRO, Norman, OK; NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. L. Ziegler

105

Bulk Analysis of Radar-Derived Mesocyclone Intensity and Transience Preceding Supercell Tornadogenesis and Tornadogenesis Failure

Kristofer Tuftedal, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and M. M. French and D. M. Kingfield

106

Overview and Early Analysis of NSSL and CIWRO Observations of the 24 March 2023 Rolling Fork, Mississippi, Tornadic Storm and Environmental Evolution during PERiLS 2023 IOP 3

Anthony Lyza, NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. A. Alford, T. Bell, V. C. Chmielewski, M. C. Coniglio, E. Rasmussen, A. E. Reinhart, E. N. Smith, M. A. Wagner, and S. M. Waugh

107

Radar Proxy Updraft Properties in QLCSs During PERiLS – 2022

Celia G. Werner, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and M. M. French and M. I. Biggerstaff

Signal/Data Processing Techniques for Radar

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: JUI LE LOH

108

Improving Data Accuracy of Cloud Radars with Multiple Calibration Methods

Tim Wendler, PNNL, Richland, WA

109

Long-Term Assessment of the Reflectivity Biases and Wet-Radome Effect Using Collocated Operational S- and C-band Dual-Polarization Radars

JUI LE LOH, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taiwan; and W. Y. Chang, H. W. Hsu, P. F. Lin, P. L. Chang, Y. L. Teng, and Y. C. Liou

110

X-band radar operation at superresolution

A.C.P. Oude Nijhuis, SkyEcho, Losser, Netherlands; and C. M. H. Unal and Y. Dufournet

111

Acquisition and Archiving of WSR-88D Level 1 Data from Testbed and Operational Radars

Jane Krause, Centuria Corporation, Norman, OK; and L. Richardson, Z. Dufran, J. Winchester, and A. Daniel

Manuscript (129.8 kB)

Handout (2.2 MB)

112

An Updated Wind Turbine Impact Assessment Method Applied to the WSR-88D Network

Lindsey Richardson, Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and A. Losey-Bailor, J. C. Krause, and B. Ward

Manuscript (3.7 MB)

Handout (4.9 MB)

113

Challenges in detection of graupel in Japan using dual-frequency radar techniques

Ayano Ueki, Weathernews Inc., Chiba, Chiba, Japan; Weathernews Inc, Chiba, Chiba, Japan; and M. Teshiba, K. Osa, D. Schvartzman, R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, B. Cheong, P. E. Kirstetter, and D. J. Bodine

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Improvement of qualities of Doppler velocities in a schema of triple-PRT

Mathilde Moureaux, Météo France, Toulouse, Occitanie, France; Météo France, Toulouse, Occitanie, France; and T. Lebastard

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Data Quality assessment of Vaisala's New Radar Signal Processor RVP10

Dirk Klugmann, Vaisala Oyj, Vantaa, 18, Finland; Vaisala Oyj, Vantaa, Uusima, Finland; and J. Santillo, R. Wallace, PhD, J. Selzler, and S. I. Panov

Manuscript (1.0 MB)

Handout (1012.4 kB)

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Path-CVP (pCVP) - Polarimetric radar data snapshot along the predefined path based on Columnar Vertical Profiles

Peter Bukovcic, The University of Oklahoma CIWRO, NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Krause

Handout (819.1 kB)

117

Testing X-Band ZDR Calibration Using Dry Snow

Jacob Bruss, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and E. M. Miller, D. E. Harr, and R. Tanamachi

118

Paving the Way to Pulse Compression Radar Systems without Blind Range - An Experimental Evaluation of the PPC+ Technique

Cesar Manuel Salazar, Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC) - The University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman, OK; and B. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, D. Schvartzman, and A. V. Ryzhkov

119

Simulation and classification of range-folding echo using radar long-range observation and vertical profile of reflectivity

Young-a Oh, Weather Radar Center, KMA; and H. L. Kim and K. Y. Nam

120

SAIL Field Campaign Radar Data Quality and Calibrations

Alyssa Matthews, PNNL, Richland, WA; and Y. C. Feng, M. Deng, and K. Johnson

121

SZ-2 keeps getting better: Improvements to the SZ-2 Algorithm

David A. Warde Sr., Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

122

Under the Hood - How Signal Processing in the WSR-88D Provides the Best Quality Data

Richard Ice, USAF (Retired); and D. A. Warde Sr.

Using image processing to recognize radar wind profiler atmospheric echoes

123

Evaluation of Doppler Velocity Unfolding with Aggressive Staggered PRTs

Jakub Bartel, Meteopress, Prague, 107, Czech republic

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Session 8A

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrology I: Winter Weather Applications

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Ali Tokay, NASA; Charles N. Helms

4:30 PM

8A.1

A Synthesis of Polarimetric and Dual-Frequency Radar Observations of Winter Storms for Estimating Ice Water Content

Mariko Oue, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and A. V. Ryzhkov, S. Matrosov, P. Bukovčić, and P. Kollias

Handout (2.4 MB)

4:45 PM

8A.2

Vertical Reflectivity Correction for Winter Precipitation in Mountainous Region

Lin Tang, CIWRO/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang and Y. S. Tang

5:00 PM

8A.3

Optimized Polarimetric Radar Relations for Snow Estimation

Peter Bukovcic, The University of Oklahoma CIWRO, NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. S. Zrnic

Handout (1.3 MB)

5:15 PM

8A.4

Performance of Operational Snow Liquid Water Estimation for the Canadian S-Band Radar Network.

Sudesh Boodoo, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), ON, Canada; and E. Hung, J. Reid, N. Donaldson, and D. Michelson

Session 8B

Signal/Data Processing Techniques for Radar II: High-Performance Computing for Simulations/Algorithms

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: John C. Hubbert

4:30 PM

8B.1

RadarHub: A Real-time Algorithm Testbed

Boon Leng Cheong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

4:45 PM

8B.2

Beyond the Blur: Variational Techniques for Radar Gridding and 3D Wind Retrieval

Jordan Brook, BoM, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; The Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; and A. J. F. Protat, J. Soderholm, C. K. Potvin, and H. A. McGowan

5:00 PM

8B.3

Three-Dimensional Variational Multi-Doppler Wind Retrieval over Complex Terrain

Ting-Yu Cha, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Bell

5:15 PM

8B.4

Speeding Up Time Series Simulations: Looping Through Signal Parameters

Christopher Curtis, The Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Session

Dr. Dick Doviak Memorial Symposium

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Moderator: Dusan S. Zrnic, CIMMS/NSSL

6:30 PM

Dusan Zrnic

6:45 PM

Jeff Keeler

7:00 PM

Robert Palmer

7:15 PM

Peter May

7:30 PM

Sebastian Torres

7:45 PM

Robert Serafin

8:00 PM

Peggy Doviak

8:15 PM

Panel Discussion

Dusan S. Zrnic, NSSL, Norman, OK

Wednesday, 30 August 2023

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Session 9A

Winter Storms: Microphysics and Dynamics

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Gerald Monroe Heymsfield; Lynn McMurdie

8:00 AM

9A.1

Manifestation of Elevated Convection in Wintertime Extratropical Cyclones During IMPACTS

Kaylee Heimes Lundstrom, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; and R. M. Rauber and L. McMurdie

8:15 AM

9A.2

Vertical Motions in Orographic Cloud Systems Retrieved from W-Band Radar over the Idaho Mountains during SNOWIE: Controls on Supercooled Liquid Water Content and Cloud Droplet Number Concentrations

Troy Justin Zaremba, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. M. Rauber, B. N. Geerts, J. R. French, S. A. Tessendorf, L. Xue, PhD, K. Friedrich, C. Weeks, R. M. Rasmussen, M. L. Kunkel, and D. Blestrud

8:30 AM

9A.3

Quantifying Ice and Snow Particle Terminal Velocities, Backscatter Cross-Sections and Snowfall Rates Using Aircraft and Ground-Based Doppler Radar and In-Situ Aircraft Measurements from IMPACTS

Andrew J. Heymsfield, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Bansemer, G. Heymsfield, J. Carlin, M. Oue, M. Grecu, D. Schvartzman, and E. L. Dunnavan III

Handout (3.9 MB)

8:45 AM

9A.4

Understanding the Vertical Slope and Maintenance Mechanisms of Mesoscale Snow Bands

Charles N. Helms, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Heymsfield and S. D. Nicholls

9:00 AM

9A.5

Wintertime Elevated Convection During the IMPACTS Field Campaign

Gerald Heymsfield, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. N. Helms and S. Nicolls

9:15 AM

9A.6

Variability of Mesoscale Cloud and Precipitation Structures during Near-Freezing Surface Conditions Using Ground-Based Radar Observations from WINTRE-MIX

Katja Friedrich, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Minder, J. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, J. R. French, D. E. Kingsmill, A. Winters, N. P. Bassill, J. M. Thériault, and J. Gyakum

9:30 AM

9A.7

The Role of the Kelvin-Helmholtz Wave on the Precipitation Microphysics during ICE-POP 2018

Kwonil Kim, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and C. L. Tsai and G. LEE

9:45 AM

9A.8

Unveiling Cloud-Top Generating Cells Properties Through Cloud Radar Simulators

Sisi Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Xue, PhD, S. A. Tessendorf, C. Lackner, K. Ikeda, C. W. Karkkainen, and R. M. Rasmussen

Session 9B

Emerging Technology III: Phased Array Systems and Data

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Jorge L. Salazar, Univ. of Oklahoma; Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook University

8:00 AM

9B.1

An Update of the Phased Array Research Program at the National Severe Storms Laboratory

Anthony E. Reinhart, NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres, D. Wasielewski, T. J. Schuur, R. Mendoza, L. J. Hopper Jr., and K. D. Hondl

8:15 AM

9B.2

Spring 2023 Data Collection with the NSSL Advanced Technology Demonstrator (ATD) Phased Array Radar

Terry J. Schuur, CIWRO - Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, NORMAN, OK; and C. M. Kuster, A. A. Alford, J. B. Boettcher, A. Witt, J. Carlin, A. E. Reinhart, and L. J. Hopper Jr.

8:30 AM

9B.3

Analysis of Precipitation Systems By Using MP-PAWR

Nobuhiro Takahashi, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; and M. Miyairi and K. Kato

8:45 AM

9B.4

Horus - A Fully Digital Polarimetric Phased Array Radar for Next-Generation Weather Observations

Robert Dean Palmer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yeary, D. Schvartzman, J. Salazar, C. Fulton, M. McCord, B. L. Cheong, D. J. Bodine, P. Kirstetter, H. Sigmarsson, T. Y. Yu, D. S. Zrnic, R. Kelley, J. Meier, and M. Herndon

9:00 AM

9B.5

Novel Radar Observations By Exploiting Phased Array Radar: The Development of the Mobile C-Band Polarimetric Atmospheric Imaging Radar (PAIR)

Tian-You Yu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman, J. L. Salazar, C. Fulton, R. D. Palmer, M. Yeary, and H. B. Bluestein

9:15 AM

9B.6

Verification and Evaluation of Wind Field Accuracy of Shanghai X-Band Phased Array Weather Radar Network

Haojun Chen, Shanghai Meteorological Information and Technology Support Center, Xuhui, Shanghai, China; and C. Liu, Z. Li, J. Dai, C. Yin, X. Liu, and Y. Song

9:30 AM

9B.7

Examining the Improved Volumetric Update Rates Afforded by Dual-Polarization Phased Array Radar

A. Addison Alford, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. M. Kuster, T. J. Schuur, A. Witt, J. Carlin, J. B. Boettcher, A. E. Reinhart, and L. J. Hopper Jr.

9:45 AM

9B.8

LOTOS (Lower Troposphere Observing System): A Community Suite of Profiling Radars, Lidars, and Other Sensors for Atmospheric Research

William O.J. Brown, NCAR, BOULDER, CO; and T. M. Weckwerth, S. Oncley, T. Hock, J. Kay, J. Gebauer, and B. Stephens

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Coffee Break

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Session 10A

Polarimetric Radar Studies of Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Vanna C. Chmielewski, CIMMS; Sarah Stough, MSFC

10:30 AM

10A.1

Leveraging the Multiplatform Precipitation Feature Database of Combined Ground Radar and Satellite Lightning Observations for Convective Studies

Sarah M. Stough, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, The University of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Huntsville, OK; and E. Belscher, S. D. Bang, T. J. Lang, and P. N. Gatlin

10:45 AM

10A.2

Detection of Electrification with Dual-Polarimetric Radar Signatures

Wiebke Deierling, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Hubbert, B. L. Medina, and S. M. Ellis

11:00 AM

10A.3

Signatures of Vertical Ice Particles Orientation before IC Lightning Flash Initiation Observed by X-Band Dual Polarized Phased Array Weather Radar

Shuo Wang, Osaka University, Japan; and Y. Wada, S. Hayashi, T. Ushio, and V. Chandrasekar

11:15 AM

10A.4

Spectral Polarimetry Analysis for Detection and Tracking of Ice Alignment Signatures in Thunderstorms

MIN-DUAN TZENG, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, D. J. Bodine, and D. Schvartzman

11:30 AM

10A.5

Temporal Evolution of Lightning-Microphysics Relationship in Southeastern US Thunderstorms: Insights from StickNet, LMA, and WSR-88D Data

Kelcy Brunner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and E. C. Bruning, C. C. Weiss, and V. C. Chmielewski

11:45 AM

10A.6

Electrification Signatures Observed during the Lake Effect Electrification Project

Vanna C. Chmielewski, NSSL, NORMAN, OK; and J. M. Trostel, S. M. Steiger, M. Stock, E. C. Bruning, K. A. Kosiba, J. Wurman, S. M. Waugh, K. M. Calhoun, Y. Wang, and G. T. Stano

Handout (8.6 MB)

Session 10B

Radar in Operational Meteorology I: Network Monitoring, Upgrades, and Design

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Scott M. Ellis, NCAR; Kumar Vijay Mishra, United States DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

10:30 AM

10B.1

Impact of WSR-88D Intra-volume Low-level Scans on Tornado Warning Performance Parsed by Storm Type

John Y. Cho, MIT, Lexington, MA; and J. M. Kurdzo, B. J. Bennett, and A. Anderson-Frey

10:45 AM

10B.2

NEXRAD Radar Product Improvement – Update 2023

Michael J. Istok, Radar Operations Center, Silver Spring, MD; and O. Boydstun, D. Rinderknecht, and B. Ward

11:00 AM

10B.3

Data Quality Anomalies and Phenomena on the WSR-88D

Amy Daniel, NWS, Norman, OK; and C. Fay

Handout (7.4 MB)

11:15 AM

10B.4

Real-time Monitoring and Calibration of Weather Radar Network using Multiple Techniques

Valentin Louf, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; and A. J. F. Protat

11:30 AM

10B.5

Effective Visualization of Radar Data for Users Impacted by Color Vision Deficiency

Zachary Sherman, ANL, Lemont, IL; and M. A. Grover, R. C. Jackson, S. M. Collis, J. R. O'Brien, C. R. Homeyer, R. Chase, T. J. Lang, D. M. Stechman, A. Sockol, K. Mühlbauer, J. Thielen, A. Theisen, and S. T. Gardner IV

11:45 AM

10B.6

A Supplemental High-Resolution Radar Network within the Conterminous United States

Micheal Simpson, PhD, Climavision, Louisville, KY; and M. Simpson, A. Bajaj, and T. J. Maguire

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Lunch Break

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Session 11A

Severe Storms and Mesoscale Meteorology III: Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Supercells and Tornadoes

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Jeffrey C. Snyder

1:30 PM

11A.1

Reconciling Updraft Size vs. Mesocyclone Size Arguments in Tornado Formation and Intensity Prediction

Michael M. French, Stony Brook Univ., School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, NY; and D. M. Kingfield and M. E. Litzmann

1:45 PM

11A.2

Development of a Dual-Polarization Radar Emulator to Compare Weakly and Strongly Tornadic Supercells from Ensembles of High-Resolution Numerical Simulations

Rachael Cross, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, L. Orf, L. R. Frank, and V. Galinsky

2:00 PM

11A.3

Increasing our Understanding of Lofted and Surface Debris Fields Associated with Tornadoes using Mobile Polarimetric Radars

Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2:15 PM

11A.4

Linking ZDR Hotspots to Storm Cell Tracking

Vinzent Klaus, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria

2:30 PM

11A.5

On the Formation and Evolution of Rare, Anticyclonic Tornadoes/Strong Vortices in a Supercell Near Selden, Kansas on 24 May 2021: Analysis of Data from a Rapid-Scan, Polarimetric, X-Band, Doppler Radar

Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. A. Margraf, T. Greenwood, and S. W. Emmerson

2:45 PM

11A.6

An Overview of Purdue’s Mobile Disdrometer Operations in PERiLS 2023

Daniel T. Dawson II, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and K. Axon, J. Bruss, D. Gery, Q. Jiang, L. Kiefer, C. Sand, H. A. Syed, F. Vendl, M. I. Biggerstaff, and S. M. Waugh

Session 11B

Microphysical Studies with Radar III: Multi-Wavelength Observations and Innovative Techniques

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Annakaisa von Lerber, Finnish Meteorological Institute; Ian C Cornejo, University of Wisconsin

1:30 PM

11B.1

Observing the Vertical Distribution of the Hydrometeor Mix with Ground-Based Scanning Polarimetric Cloud Radar

Majid Hajipour, Leibniz institute for tropospheric research (TROPOS), Leipzig, SN, Germany; and P. Seifert

1:45 PM

11B.2

Advantages of G-Band Radar in Multi-Frequency, Liquid Phase Microphysical Retrievals

Benjamin Courtier, University of Leicester, Leicester, LEC, United kingdom; and A. Battaglia and K. Mroz

2:00 PM

11B.3

Tracking a Warm Rain Cell and Retrieving the Lower Order Moments and DSD: A Case Study Using 2 X-Band Polarimetric Radars

Viswanathan Bringi, Colorado State University; and M. Thurai, G. J. Huang, G. Lee, and D. Brunkow

2:15 PM

11B.4

Development of a New Balloon-Borne Particle Imaging Radiosonde and First Flight into a Convective Cloud

Kenji Suzuki, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan; and Y. Hara, R. Kamamoto, T. Kawano, and K. Shimizu

2:30 PM

11B.5

Development of Dual-Polarization Radar Algorithm for Melting Layer Signatures Detection in Northern Taiwan

JUI LE LOH, National Central University, Taoyuan, TAO, Taiwan; National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taiwan; and W. Y. Chang, P. F. Lin, P. L. Chang, B. A. Tsai, H. W. Hsu, and Y. C. Liou

2:45 PM

11B.6

Retrieving Raindrop Size Distribution Parameters and Vertical Air Motion from Micro Rain Radar Observations

Christopher R. Williams, University of Colorado Boulder, Denver, CO

Thursday, 31 August 2023

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Session 12A

Use of Radar Data for Numerical Weather Prediction and Analysis I: Polarimetric Radar Data Assimilation and Microphysical Processes

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Jacob Carlin

8:00 AM

12A.1

Polarimetric Radar Observations Meet Atmospheric Modelling (PROM) - A Research Initiative in Germany

Silke Troemel, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

8:15 AM

12A.2

A Novel Approach to Assimilate Z_DR Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation System

Bing-Xue Zhuang, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and K. S. Chung, W. Y. Chang, and C. C. Tsai

8:30 AM

12A.3

A New Implementation and Testing of Forward Operators for Polarimetric Radar Data Simulation with Double-Moment Microphysics Schemes

Peng Liu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, J. T. Carlin, and J. Gao

8:45 AM

12A.4

Investigating the Microphysics of a Simulated Convective Event Using EMVORADO Polarimetric Forward Operator

Raquel Evaristo, University of Bonn, Bonn, NRW, Germany; University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and P. Shrestha and S. Troemel

Handout (2.6 MB)

9:00 AM

12A.5

Joint 4D Data Assimilation of the Networks of Weather Radars and Ground-Based Profiling Platforms for Forecasting Convective Storms

Yubao Liu, NUIST, Nanjing, CO, China; and Z. Huo

9:15 AM

12A.6

Impacts of Hail on Simulated ZDR Arc Identification

Robin L. Tanamachi, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and A. LaFleur and D. T. Dawson II

9:30 AM

12A.7

Assimilation of Radar Kdp Observations Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter for the 31 May 2013 Oklahoma Storm Event: Investigation of DA Configuration Sensitivity and Simulated Microphysical States

Marcus R. Johnson, CAPS, Norman, OK; and M. Xue

9:45 AM

12A.8

A Comparative Analysis of a 5-Year Statistic of Polarimetric X-Band Radar Data with ICON Simulations

Tobias Scharbach, University of Bonn, Bonn, NW, Germany; and S. Troemel

Session 12B

Airborne and Spaceborne Radars III: Spaceborne Radar Observations and Emerging Platforms

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Alain Jean Francois Protat, BoM; Alfonso Ladino, Univ. of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

8:00 AM

12B.1

Quantitative Analysis of the Delta-t Approach for Estimating Convective Mass Flux Using Ground Radar Observations

Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University, Longmont, CO; and J. Bukowski, R. Chase, L. D. Grant, Z. Haddad, P. Kollias, P. J. Marinescu, M. Oue, D. J. Posselt, PhD, K. L. Rasmussen, Ph.D., R. Schulte, I. Singh, R. Storer, and G. R. Leung

8:15 AM

12B.2

GPM KaPR Deep Convection Observations: Insight for Future Spaceborne Radar Missions

Randy Chase, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. Dolan, P. Kollias, K. L. Rasmussen, G. L. Stephens, and G. R. Leung

8:30 AM

12B.3

CloudCube: A Compact, Low-Cost Radar for Vertical Profiling of Clouds and Precipitation

Raquel Rodriguez Monje, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and J. Socuellamos, K. B. Cooper, S. P. M. Nagaraja, C. Parashare, J. V. Siles, M. D. Lebsock, R. Beauchamp, and S. Tanelli

8:45 AM

12B.4

Application of NASA Multi-Frequency Airborne Doppler Radar for Estimates of Hydrometeor Microphysical Properties

Liang Liao, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; Morgan State University, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini and G. Heymsfield

9:00 AM

12B.5

Next Generation Spaceborne Doppler Radars for Cloud and Precipitation Studies: Lessons Learned during the NASA AOS Mission Architecture Study

Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and A. Battaglia, S. A. Braun, V. Chandrasekar, A. M. da Silva, M. D. Lebsock, G. G. Mace, M. Walker McLinden, and D. J. Posselt

9:15 AM

12B.6

WIVERN: A Mission to Observe Global in-cloud Winds, Clouds and Precipitation as part of the ESA Earth Explorer Programme EE11

Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading; and A. Battaglia, M. Pourshamsi, M. Borderies, J. Delanoë, S. Hagelin, P. Kollias, V. Lehmann, M. Maahn, M. Montopoli, M. Rennie, and M. Wolde

9:30 AM

12B.7

Commercial Weather Radar from Space: The Tomorrow.Io Pathfinder Mission and Ka-Band Radar Satellite Constellation

Richard Roy, Tomorrow.io, Bourne, MA; and J. Carswell, M. Sanchez-Barbetty, T. Maese, E. Mazzola, S. J. Munchak, and J. Springmann

9:45 AM

12B.8

Prototype Precipitation Profiling Algorithms for the Tomorrow-R1 and Tomorrow-R2 Radars

Stephen J. Munchak, Tomorrow.io, Boston, MA; and E. Nelson and R. Roy

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Coffee Break

Location: Great Lakes Promenade (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Session 13A

Radar in Operational Meteorology II: Algorithms

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: A. Addison Alford

10:30 AM

13A.1

TOFU: A Novel Doppler Unfolding Technique Using Optical Flow

Alain Jean Francois Protat, BoM, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and V. Louf and M. Curtis

10:45 AM

13A.2

Assessing Rainfall Risk and the Impact of Extreme Precipitation Events in Germany Based on a Catalogue of Radar-based Heavy Rainfall Events (CatRaRE)

Katharina Lengfeld, DWD, Offenbach am Main, Germany; and E. Walawender, T. Winterrath, and E. Weigl

11:00 AM

13A.3

Nowcasting Thunderstorm Hazards over Lake Victoria

Rita D. Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wilson

11:15 AM

13A.4

Identifying Updrafts with ZDR Hotspots

John M Krause, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and V. Klaus

11:30 AM

13A.5

Stormy Subtropics and Stratiform South: A Radar-Based Classification of Australian Rainfall Events

Annabel Jayne Bowden, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia; and C. Jakob and J. Soderholm

11:45 AM

13A.6

Automated Detection of Boundary Layer Depth Using Dual-Polarization Radar Observations

Christina Lyn Comer, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and B. Stouffer, D. J. Stensrud, M. Kumjian, and Y. Zhang, PhD

Session 13B

Artificial Intelligence in Radar Meteorology I: Nowcasting, Convection, and Quality Control

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Haonan Chen, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA); Randy Chase, NSF

10:30 AM

13B.1

Inpainting Gaps and Blocked Areas in Weather Radar Networks with Deep Learning

Matej Murín, Prague, Czech republic; and M. Choma, M. Troller, J. Bartel, and P. Šimánek

10:45 AM

13B.2

The Development of a Single-Radar Tornado Prediction Algorithm Using Machine Learning

Thea Sandmael, NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. B. Steeves, Z. Fruits, I. Schick, M. Ake, Z. A. Cooper, J. Widanski, Q. Thomas, and R. Galang

11:00 AM

13B.3

A Tornado Detection Algorithm using Deep Neural Networks, Full-Resolution Polarimetric Weather Radar Data, and Explainable AI

James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. S. Veillette, S. Samsi, P. M. Stepanian, J. McDonald, and J. Y. N. Cho

11:15 AM

13B.4

Improving Nowcasting of Convective Development by Incorporating Polarimetric Radar Variables into a Deep Learning Model

Xiang Pan, Key Laboratory of Mesoscale Severe Weather/MOE; Nanjing University; and K. zhao, Y. Lu, and H. Chen

11:30 AM

13B.5

Physically Constrained Deep Generative Approach to Precipitation Nowcasting

Matej Choma, Prague, Czech republic; and M. Murín, M. Troller, J. Bartel, P. Šimánek, and M. Najman

11:45 AM

13B.6

Development of a Deep Full-Scale Connected U-Net for Reflectivity Inpainting in Spaceborne Radar Blind Zones

Fraser King, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Pettersen, C. Fletcher, and A. Geiss

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Lunch Break

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Session 14A

Severe Storms and Mesoscale Meteorology IV: Radar Observations of Hailstorms, Microbursts, and Tropical Cyclones

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Scott Loeffler, The Pennsylvania State University

1:30 PM

14A.1

Rapid-Scan, Polarimetric Radar Observations and Ground Validation of a Hail-Producing Supercell in Colorado

Laura Shedd, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, A. E. Reinhart, D. Schvartzman, J. C. Snyder, K. Ortega, I. M. Giammanco, J. Sorber, and H. B. Bluestein

1:45 PM

14A.2

Advancements in Radar-Derived Hail Products for Estimating Hail Damage

Nick Guy, PhD, Verisk Weather Solutions; and J. Boomgard-Zagrodnik and T. Farney

2:00 PM

14A.3

Analysis of Doppler Velocity in Three-Body Scattering Signatures for use in Hail Size Estimation

Anna VanAlstine, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and M. Kumjian

2:15 PM

14A.4

Using Images of Naturally Falling Hailstones Observed with High-Speed, High-Resolution Stereographic Cameras to Re-Examine Radar-Hail Relations

Jeffrey C. Snyder, NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega and S. M. Waugh

2:30 PM

14A.5

Fine-Scale Hurricane Boundary Layer Structures

Karen A. Kosiba, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. Wurman

2:45 PM

14A.6

Analyzing Downburst Precursors Using Automated Storm Identification and Polarimetric Radar Data

Maci Nicole Gibson, OU School of Meteorology, Norman, OK

Session 14B

Artificial Intelligence in Radar Meteorology II: Precipitation Estimation Techniques

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Haonan Chen, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA); Randy Chase, NSF

1:30 PM

14B.1

A Composite Method of Rainfall Rates for a Multi-Parameter Phased Array Weather Radar and XRAIN using Machine Learning

Shota Ochi, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; and N. Shiokawa, Y. Egashira, M. Wada, T. Kobayashi, and T. Yamada

Manuscript (643.6 kB)

1:45 PM

14B.2

DEUCE: A Neural Network for Probabilistic Precipitation Nowcasting with Aleatoric and Epistemic Uncertainties

Bent Ivan Oliver Harnist, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and S. Pulkkinen and T. Mäkinen

2:00 PM

14B.3

Interpretable Deep Learning for Polarimetric Radar Rainfall Estimation

Haonan Chen, Colorado State University, Boulder, CO; and L. Wang and E. Thompson

2:15 PM

14B.4

U-Net Based Retrieval of Precipitation Microphysics from Polarimetric Weather Radar Data

Junho Ho, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, P. Bukovcic, J. Gao, A. V. Ryzhkov, J. Carlin, and J. C. Snyder

2:30 PM

14B.5

A New Deep Learning Nowcast Model of Radar Imagery using Generative Adversarial Network for Operational Rainfall Nowcasting

Ka-Hing Wong, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and W. K. WONG and H. W. LAU

2:45 PM

14B.6

Assimilation of Latent Heating Profiles Inferred from Machine Learning

Dominik Jacques, ECCC, Montreal, QC, Canada

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Artificial Intelligence in Radar Meteorology

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Haonen Chen, Colorado State University and NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory; Randy Chase, NSF

124

An Implicit Generative Model Approach to Radar-Based Precipitation Nowcasting: Fundamentals and Evaluations

Jaeho Choi, KMA, Seoul, South korea; and Y. Kim, K. H. Kim, S. H. Jung, and I. Cho

125

Combining TITAN and LSTM Model in a New Tool of Nowcasting

Andrea Salome Viteri Lopez, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; and C. A. Morales

126

Airborne Radar Quality Control with Machine Learning

Alexander James DesRosiers, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Bell

127

Multisensor Agile Adaptive Sampling (MAAS): a methodology to collect radar observations of convective cell life cycle

Katia Lamer, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and P. Kollias, E. Luke, B. P. Treserras, M. Oue, and B. Dolan

128

Impact of LDAPS model error on precipitation types from Spectral Bin Model

Wonbae Bang, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. Kim, J. Carlin, A. V. Ryzhkov, and G. LEE

129

A Machine Learning Approach for Intelligent VAD Wind Estimation with S-band Polarimetric Weather Radars

Precious Kizeze Jatau, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu and V. M. Melnikov

130

A Deep Learning Model for Precipitation Short-Term Forecasting over China Based on Radar Observations

Sheng Chen, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences; and Q. Huang and J. Tan

131

Probabilistic quantitative precipitation estimation based on a random forest approach and operational polarimetric measurements from the Swiss radar network

Handout (5.5 MB)

132

SaGRU: A self-attention-based recurrent neural network model for radar nowcasting

Yao Shun, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and H. Chen, V. Chandrasekar, and E. Thompson

132

Fusing observations and model output for radar nowcasting

A Radar and Meteorology Derived Hail Damage Estimate

133

Hail nowcasting based on radar and model fields using random forests

Frederic Fabry, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and C. Jing

Handout (1.9 MB)

Development of Radar-Based Nowcasting for Intense Precipitation in the Tropics

134

Evaluation of Super Resolution using Attention U-net over Dallas Fort Worth

EunYeol Kim, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

Radar in Operational Meteorology

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL

135

From Solo to HawkEdit: Interactive Processing and Display of Radar Data

Brenda Javornik, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. DesRosiers, B. Klotz, J. C. DeHart, T. Y. Cha, M. M. Bell, M. J. Dixon, and W. C. Lee

Handout (2.2 MB)

136

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement User Facility Radar Facility Operations

Adam Theisen, ANL, Freeport, MN; and J. H. Mather, Y. C. Feng, I. Lindenmaier, A. Matthews, T. Wendler, V. Castro, S. Giangrande, S. M. Collis, K. Johnson, E. Schuman, J. M. Comstock, P. Argay, and T. Houchens

137

Defining and Validating the Minimum Detectable Weather Signal for an X-band Weather Radar System

Pekka Puhakka, Vaisala Oyj, Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland; and M. Marbouti and J. Mäkinen

Manuscript (623.4 kB)

Handout (717.4 kB)

138

Fine structures of the atmosphere and clouds obtained with a WSR-88D

Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and L. Richardson

139

A Performance Evaluation of Sea Clutter and Chaff Classes for the WSR-88D Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm

James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett, M. F. Donovan, A. Millard, M. J. Istok, and T. J. Clark

140

Towards a single global standard for polar weather radar data representation with FM301 – CfRadial2

Mark Curtis, Bureau of Meteorology, Chirnside Park, VIC, Australia; and M. J. Dixon, D. Michelson, and P. Rodriguez

141

An Update on the Operational Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor QPE

Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Tang, S. B. Cocks, A. Osborne, and C. Langston

Handout (12.2 MB)

142

Opportunistic Weather Sensing with Phased Array Base Stations

Zhican Chen, Rice University; and K. Vijay Mishra and A. Sabharwal

Manuscript (28.8 kB)

Handout (2.8 MB)

143

OPERA5 – Updates of the European Operational Radar Exchange

Annakaisa von Lerber, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Goreta, G. Haase, M. Jurašek, P. Karsisto, S. Klink, M. Koutek, H. Leijnse, V. Meyer, C. Mueller, T. Nicolau, S. Park, M. Peura, M. Radojevic, K. Stephan, L. Tuechler, and B. Vodaric Surija

144

Double moment normalization of hail size distributions and retrieval of its moments from polarimetric radar measurements

Alfonso Ferrone, LTE, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and M. Gabella, U. M. Germann, and A. Berne

Handout (4.6 MB) Handout (4.6 MB)

145

WMO Guide to Operational Weather Radar Best Practices – progress and plans

Daniel Michelson, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada; and M. Curtis, T. Kane, H. Yamauchi, T. Einfalt, M. Hagen, M. J. Istok, W. Kong, D. Rinderknecht, B. Rohrdantz, P. Rossi, and A. von Lerber

146

Radar Observations of a Prescribed Fire

Jie Sun, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. M. Loria-Salazar, K. Speer, M. D. Williams, D. Schvartzman, T. Y. Yu, and M. A. Nelson

147

Developing a Ship Motion Effect Correction Method for Shipborne Polarimetric Radar Measurement Bias via T-Matrix Simulation: An OSSE case study

Chen-Yu Hung, National Central Univ., Tao-Yuan City, None, Taiwan; and W. Y. Chang

148

Evaluation by Radar-Radar Comparison of the Attenuation Correction Used Within the Operational Radar Data Quality Control Scheme at Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)

Tobias Bergmann, DWD, Offenbach am Main, HE, Germany; and M. Werner

149

Towards improving the Clutter Mitigation Decision algorithm in the WSR-88D radars

Scott M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris and J. C. Hubbert

150

Characterizing the raining systems observed in the metropolitan area of São Paulo – Brazil

Carlos A. Morales, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and A. S. Viteri Lopez and Y. M. B. Ramírez

151

Six years of polarimetric C-band radar data from three sites in Germany and five sites in Türkiye

Julian Alberto Giles, University of Bonn, Bonn, NW, Germany; and K. Mühlbauer, K. Öztürk, and S. Troemel

152

Evaluation of Radar based Nowcast on Convective Systems over United Arab Emirates

Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, E. Kim, L. Delle Monache, D. Axisa, E. Damiani, H. Al Hamadi, and M. Abououf

153

ARM radar data quality and characteristics of the TRACER field experiment

Ya-Chien Feng, PNNL, Richland, WA; and A. Matthews, M. Deng, K. Johnson, and J. M. Comstock

154

ROC/NSSL Radar Product Improvement: An R2O Success Story

Larry J. Hopper Jr., NSSL, Norman, OK; National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK; and M. J. Istok and T. J. Schuur

155

X-band Operational Weather Radar Network for Early Warnings of Rainfall/Snowfall Disasters

Michihiro Teshiba, Weathernews Inc, Chiba, Chiba, Japan; and D. Abe

Use of Radar Data for Numerical Weather Prediction and Analysis

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Anthony E. Reinhart; Robin Tanamachi

156

A New Method to Determine the Unknown Constants on Each Horizontal Layer in Thermodynamic Retrieval Using Multiple-Doppler-Radar Synthesized Winds

Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central University, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and Y. L. Teng

Manuscript (93.3 kB)

Handout (1.2 MB)

157

Impact of Assimilating Retrieval Thermodynamic Fields and Radar Data

Chieh-Ying (Ching-Yin) Ke, National Central University, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and K. S. Chung, Y. C. Liou, and C. C. Tsai

Handout (3.8 MB)

158

Investigation of a Negative Lead Time Tornado using Close-Range, X-Band Radar Observations

Emma Mae Miller, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. Graber and R. Tanamachi

160

Improvement of Dual-Polarization Radar Operator for Radar Data Assimilation

Ji-Won Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. H. Min and S. Y. Jo

161

A New Way to Simulate the Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Melting Layers

Zhi Tao, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; and H. Huang, K. zhao, and Y. Lu

162

Evaluating WRF Model Boundary Layer Structure Using Radar Remote Sensing Data to Understand Hurricane Intensification

163

A High Accuracy Short-Term Precipitation Forecasting Method Using Improved VIL Nowcast Based on Three-dimensional Observation Data of MP-PAWR

Takahisa Wada, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ozawa, O. Yamanaka, and M. Wada

164

GWG Projector: First Steps Toward an Operational Polarimetric Radar Forward Operator.

Scott Michael Ganson, Ganson Weather Group, LLC, Lee's Summit, MO

165

The EMVORADO Radar Operator and Its Application for Model Evaluation: Improving Polarimetric Radar Simulations with Realistic Ice and Snow Properties

Jana Mendrok, DWD, Offenbach, HE, Germany; and S. Dutta, P. Shrestha, V. Pejcic, T. Scharbach, S. Trömel, U. Blahak, and D. Ori

Handout (2.6 MB)

166

The Use of Radar in Verification and Diagnostic Activities using METplus

Tara L. Jensen, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and J. Halley Gotway, C. P. Kalb, D. R. Adriaansen, J. L. Vigh, M. K. Biswas, T. Hertneky, W. Mayfield, M. A. Harrold, and K. M. Newman

167

Sensitivity According to Spatial Distribution of Radar Radial Velocity Observation in Data Assimilation

In-Hae Cho, KIAPS=Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems, Seoul, 41, South korea; and J. H. Kang and I. H. Kwon

168

Assimilation of Doppler Velocities in Canada’s Global Deterministic Prediction System (GDPS)

Dominik Jacques, ECCC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Lobon

169

Radar Cannot Do It Alone: Fundamental Limits of Covariance-Based DA at Storm Scales

Frederic Fabry, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. S. Sodhi

Handout (707.6 kB)

170

Radar Data Assimilation for Wintertime Atmospheric River Related Precipitation Events

Jia Wang, University of California San Diego; and M. Zheng, J. F. Kalansky, L. Delle Monache, and J. J. Rutz

Winter Storms: Microphysics and Dynamics

Location: Boundary Waters (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Troy Justin Zaremba, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

171

Exploring Specific Differential Phase Estimators Accuracy for Snow Events Observed during the NASA IMPACTS Field Campaign

Gwyneth Glanton, ARRC- Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and J. Carlin and D. Schvartzman

172

Relationship between Vertical Reflectivity and Vertical Motion Gradients in Winter Storms Observed during IMPACTS

Troy Justin Zaremba, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, and L. McMurdie

173

Mobile-Doppler-Radar Observations in Winter Storms in the Northeastern U. S. during IMPACTS in 2022 and 2023

Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman, S. W. Emmerson, H. W. Hsu, G. Heymsfield, B. Cheong, T. Y. Yu, D. Sexton, and D. Feland

174

Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers on Snow Microphysics

Jack Ryan Richter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Pettersen

Handout (5.6 MB)

175

Radar-Based Microphysical Analysis of Natural and Seeded Snowfall in the Payette Mountains of Idaho

Katja Friedrich, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. WhittockIii, K. Ikeda, J. R. French, and S. A. Tessendorf

176

Radar Snowfall Relationships during IMPACTS

Ali Tokay, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and C. N. Helms, D. B. Wolff, D. Cerrai, and A. C. Spaulding

177

Characteristics of the Lifecycle of Open Cellular Convection During COMBLE

Christian Lackner, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. N. Geerts, T. W. Juliano, B. Kosovic, and L. Xue, PhD

178

Radar Analysis of the 1800 UTC 01 February- 0000 UTC 06 February Frontal System Sampled Twice by IMPACTS

Lauren Marie Beard, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL; and T. J. Zaremba and R. M. Rauber

179

Investigating the Termination of the Bright Band in Mid-Latitude Cyclones

Paul F Romano, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, Urbana, IL; and T. J. Zaremba and R. M. Rauber

180

Estimating the Bulk Snow Density Using Collocated Parsivel and MRR Measurements: ICE-POP 2017/2018

Wei-Yu Chang, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and Y. C. Yang

181

Observations of Ice Multiplication in a Long Island Snowstorm

Sarah Wugofski, Univ. Park, PA; and M. Kumjian, M. Oue, and P. Kollias

182

A Comparison of Microphysical Properties in Lake-Effect and Synoptic Snowfall near Buffalo, NY

McKenzie Peters, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and S. W. Nesbitt and C. Pettersen

183

Understanding Supercooled Liquid Water Near the Top of Cold Clouds During the IMPACTS Campaign

Mei Han, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Session 15A

Use of Radar Data for Numerical Weather Prediction and Analysis II: Innovations in Radar Data Assimilation

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Silke Trömel, University of Bonn

4:30 PM

15A.1

Assimilating Retrieved Water Vapor and Radar Data from NCAR SPol-Ka: Performance and Validation Using Real Cases

Nghi Phuong Do, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and K. S. Chung, P. L. Lin, C. Y. Ke, and S. M. Ellis

4:45 PM

15A.2

Improving Short-term Precipitation Forecasting with Radar Data Assimilation and a Multiscale Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Strategy

Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Sun

5:00 PM

15A.3

Impact of Assimilating Multiple-Radar-Synthesized Three-Dimensional Winds and Retrieved Thermodynamic Fields Associated with Different Microphysical Schemes on Short-Term Rainfall Forecast in Mountainous Area

Tzu Jui Chou, National Central University, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and Y. C. Liou

5:15 PM

15A.4

Impact of Assimilating Radar Refractivity with Radial Wind and Reflectivity in the Context of Ensemble Kalman Filter

Kao-Shen Chung, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; and P. N. Do, Y. C. Feng, P. L. Lin, and B. A. Tsai

Session 15B

Signal/Data Processing Techniques for Radar III: Data Quality Control

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/NSSL

4:30 PM

15B.1

Radar Tracking of Quality Python Toolkit (RadTraQ)

Adam Theisen, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL; and K. Kehoe, M. Grover, and S. M. Collis

4:45 PM

15B.2

A Novel Technique to Correct Debris Centrifuging Bias in Doppler Velocity Measurements of Tornadoes

Morgan Schneider, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, R. D. Palmer, S. Torres, B. Cheong, C. Fulton, C. Griffin, H. B. Bluestein, and R. Cross

5:00 PM

15B.3

Demonstration Experiment of Advanced Inter-Radar Interference Suppression Method for X-Band Weather Radar Network in Japan

Tomomi Aoki, Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Kimoto, K. Gomi, N. Shiokawa, S. Ochi, M. Wada, S. Kida, T. Suezawa, and K. Satoh

Manuscript (1.8 MB)

5:15 PM

15B.4

Beam Blockage Correction for Improving Radar Data Quality

Songjian Tan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and H. Chen

Friday, 1 September 2023

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 1 September 2023

Session 16B

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrology II: Multi-Platform QPE Applications and Improvements

Location: Great Lakes A (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chairs: Ali Tokay, NASA; Charles N. Helms

8:00 AM

16B.1

Analysis of Radar QPE for the 2021 Regional Flooding Events in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands

Edouard Goudenhoofdt, RMI, Brussels, Belgium; and H. Leijnse, L. Bogerd, J. Y. Chen, L. Delobbe, M. Gottschalk, T. Hengstebeck, L. Mathias, K. Mühlbauer, A. Overeem, S. Trömel, T. Vlemmix, E. Weigl, and T. Winterrath

8:15 AM

16B.2

FLASH: From Radar Observations to Operational Flash Flood Forecasting

Jonathan J. Gourley, NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Clark III, K. Howard, H. Vergara, J. A. Duarte, S. M. Martinaitis, A. Arthur, and P. Kirstetter

8:30 AM

16B.3

Seasonal Variability within Quantitative Precipitation Estimates for the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Field Experiment

Joseph Robert O'Brien, ANL, Naperville, IL; and M. A. Grover, R. C. Jackson, S. M. Collis, A. Theisen, Z. Sherman, M. Tuftedal, D. Feldman, and V. Chandrasekar

8:45 AM

16B.4

A Localized Quantitative Precipitation Estimation for S-Band Polarimetric Radar in Taiwan

Yu-Shuang Tang, Central Weather Administration, Taipei, Taiwan; and P. L. Chang, W. Y. Chang, L. Tang, P. F. Lin, J. Zhang, and C. R. Chen

9:00 AM

16B.5

Guiding the Improvement of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM) with Radar Networks over France and USA Mountainous Regions

Yagmur Derin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. E. Kirstetter, D. B. Wolff, D. Faure, N. Gaussiat, and O. Bousquet

9:15 AM

16B.6A

Dual polarisation weather radar studies of precipitation systems over the Southern Ocean

Peter Thomas May, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia; and Y. Huang, E. Montoya Duque, L. aragon, S. T. Siems, S. truong, and A. J. F. Protat

9:30 AM

16B.7

Revisiting Polarimetric Signatures of Hail and Rainfall Estimation in the Presence of Hail

Alexander V. Ryzhkov, NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Carlin, P. Zhang, and J. Hu

9:45 AM

16B.8

Optimization of the Differential Phase Processing at Different Wavelengths

Jiaxi Hu, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and P. Zhang and A. V. Ryzhkov

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 1 September 2023

Session 16A

Severe Storms and Mesoscale Meteorology V: Quasi-Linear Convective Systems

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Vanna C. Chmielewski, CIMMS

8:15 AM

16A.1

Radar-Based Characteristics of Tornadic and Nontornadic QLCS Mesovortices during PERiLS

Leanne Blind-Doskocil, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, K. A. Kosiba, J. Wurman, and M. D. Parker

16A.2

Comparison of Dual Doppler Wind Retrievals with Detailed Wind Profiler Observations within High-Shear Environments during PERiLS

8:30 AM

16A.3

DSD Characteristics and Evolution of the Leading Stratiform Region of a Tornadic QLCS during PERiLS-2022 IOP#2 (30 March 2022).

Hamid Ali Syed, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and D. T. Dawson II, F. Vendl, R. Tanamachi, and M. D. Parker

8:45 AM

16A.4

A Radar-Derived Synopsis of the Rapid Tornadogenesis in the 01 April 2023 Hazel Green, Alabama EF-3 Tornado

Joshua L Huggins, The Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

9:00 AM

16A.5

An Investigation Between Tornadic and Non-Tornadic QLCS Vortices using Blended MRMS Products

Tyler James Pardun, NSSL, Norman, OK; NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. E. Reinhart, M. C. Coniglio, and D. J. Bodine

9:15 AM

16A.6

Examining Thousands of Tornadic and Nontornadic MCS Cells Using Gridrad-Severe

Amanda M. Murphy, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. R. Homeyer

9:30 AM

16A.7

Dual-Polarization Radar Signatures Associated with QLCS Mesovortices

Charles M. Kuster, CIWRO - Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, NORMAN, OK; and K. Sherburn, V. Mahale, T. J. Schuur, O. McCauley, and J. Schaumann

9:45 AM

16A.8

Developing a Climatology of Rotating Storms Using the MYRORSS Dataset

Branden Katona, CIWRO/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega and A. E. Reinhart

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 1 September 2023

Coffee Break

Location: Great Lakes Promenade (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Friday, 1 September 2023

QPE and Hydrology

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: James M. Kurdzo

10:30 AM

17.1

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation with Weather Radar: Discussion and Outlook (Invited Presentation)

Pierre Kirstetter, Univ. of Oklahoma, Dorchester, MA

11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Friday, 1 September 2023

Emerging Technology and Phased Arrays

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: James M. Kurdzo

11:00 AM

17.2

Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR): The Next Generation of Airborne Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar

Everette David Joseph, NCAR, Boulder, CO

11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 1 September 2023

Session 17

Awards Ceremony & Closing Remarks

Location: Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)

Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

11:30 AM

Awards Ceremony

11:45 AM

Concluding Remarks

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