A Study of Drop-Size Distribution in Precipitation Cloud from Wind Profile Radar

Author

Zheng, Ruan ; Xiaolei, Wang

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Severe Weather, Chinese Acad. of Meteorol. Sci., Beijing

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

21-22 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

571

Lastpage

574

Abstract

Author retrieves the raindrop size distribution in precipitation, by separating two distinct return signals from clear-air and from precipitation, based on the return signal spectrum density derived from the wind profile radar, and on the relationship between the terminal velocity and the diameter of descending raindrops. Further retrieval of precipitating cloud data at different heights has resulted in the raindrop size distribution indicating a basic match with the distribution of M-P distribution. The reflectivity value derived from wind profile radar is in agreement with that from Doppler weather radar. Calculating the water content in the clouds at different heights through a raindrop size distribution reveals that is close to the water content observed by the Weather Doppler Radar.

Keywords

Doppler radar; meteorological radar; radar signal processing; rain; Doppler weather radar; M-P distribution; drop-size distribution; precipitating cloud data; precipitation cloud; raindrop size distribution; return signal spectrum density; terminal velocity; water content; weather Doppler radar; wind profile radar; Clouds; Doppler radar; Educational technology; Geoscience and remote sensing; Information retrieval; Laboratories; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Radar remote sensing; Wind; raindrop size distribution; water content; wind profile radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Education Technology and Training, 2008. and 2008 International Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ETT and GRS 2008. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3563-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETTandGRS.2008.127

Filename

5070222