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Value-adding the ARM precipitation radars

 
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Authors

Scott Matthew Collis — Argonne National Laboratory
Scott Giangrande — Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jonathan Helmus — Argonne National Laboratory
Adam Theisen — Argonne National Laboratory
Nitin Bharadwaj — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Kevin B. Widener — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Maureen Dunn — Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kirk North — McGill University

Category

Infrastructure & Outreach

Description

The ARM Climate Research Facility currently operates two 5-cm wavelength (C-band) and four 3-cm wavelength (X-band) scanning radar systems. The scientific goal is to capture the microphysics and kinematics of precipitating cloud systems. The radars, however, do not directly measure the pertinent geophysical parameters, but rather the properties of the backscattered beam. This presentation will outline the work being carried out by the radar products team and collaborators on producing a suite of quality controlled geophysical retrievals from the ARM radar network including: quantitative precipitation estimates, Cartesian mapped radar moments, quality controlled corrected moments in antenna coordinates, and variationally retrieved storm kinematics. Details regarding temporal and spatial coverage will be given as well as examples of applications and selected examples of future work.

Supporting URL

http://www.arm.gov/