Radar observations of convective processes during CACTI
Authors
Steve Nesbitt — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paloma Borque — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Adam Varble — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nitin Bharadwaj — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Joseph Clinton Hardin — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Category
ARM field campaigns – Results from recent ARM field campaigns
Description
In this presentation, initial analysis of radar-observed convective processes in CACTI will be presented. Case studies of observations from the radars deployed as part of the ARM Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign in the Sierras de Córdoba mountain range of north-central Argentina will be presented to highlight the potential of the data to address key outstanding questions in uncertainties in cloud-resolving and convective parameterizations in climate models. Discussion will focus on the data that was collected from scanning multi-frequency dual-polarization CSAPR-2, X/KaSACR, the vertically pointing KAZR, and RWP data, summarize phenomena that were observed, and highlight planned research directions using the data. Synergy with the coincident Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations (RELAMPAGO) will also be presented.
