Session 9A Winter Storms: Microphysics and Dynamics

Wednesday, 30 August 2023: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)
Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology

Integrated studies using ground-, airborne- and satellite-based radars sampling winter storms focusing on snow band formation, microphysics, and dynamics; microphysical retrievals used to improve understanding of snow processes; results from field campaigns such as IMPACTS and WINTRE-MIX are encouraged.

Papers:
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

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