Profiles of raindrop size distributions as retrieved by microrain radars

Peters, Gerhard; Fischer, Bernd; Münster, Hans; Clemens, M.; Wagner, A.

doi:10.1175/JAM2316.1

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Profiles of raindrop size distributions as retrieved by microrain radars

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Münster, Hans
The Land in the Earth System, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society;

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Peters, G., Fischer, B., Münster, H., Clemens, M., & Wagner, A. (2005). Profiles of raindrop size distributions as retrieved by microrain radars. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44, 1930-1949. doi:10.1175/JAM2316.1.

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Abstract

Data of vertically pointing microrain radars (MRRs), located at various sites around the Baltic Sea, were analyzed for a period of several years. From the Doppler spectra profiles of drop size distributions (DSDs) are obtained. A significant height dependence of the shape of the DSDs—and thus of the Z–R relations—is observed at high rain rates. This implies, for the considered sites, that ground-based Z–R relations lead to underestimation of high rain rates by weather radars.