A34A:
Advances in Radar Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation: Microphysical Retrievals, Estimation, and Hydrometeorological Applications I

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Session ID#: 33604

Session Description:
Radar remote sensing of clouds and precipitation is an active and vibrant field with numerous accomplishments resulting in practical hydrometeorological applications. Many processing steps are needed to convert raw radar observations into useful geophysical quantities that require the knowledge of radar technology and atmospheric science. This session focuses on the science that converts state-of-the-art radar observations into geophysical quantities that can be used as inputs to many applications including hydrologic, weather, and cloud resolving models. This session will also feature papers devoted to extreme natural hazards, ranging from severe weather processes, all the way to high-resolution precipitation detection and flood applications of remote sensing (i.e., radar and satellite) and in situ observations.
Primary Convener:  Haonan Chen, Colorado State University and NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States; NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Youcun Qi, NOAA Norman, Norman, OK, United States and Robert Cifelli, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Robert Cifelli, NOAA, Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States, Youcun Qi, NOAA Norman, Norman, OK, United States and Ke Zhang, Hohai University, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing, China
OSPA Liaison:  Youcun Qi, NOAA Norman, Norman, OK, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

1853 Precipitation-radar [HYDROLOGY]
3310 Clouds and cloud feedbacks [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3354 Precipitation [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Use of Polarimetric Radar for Evaluating GPM Satellite-Based Retrievals of the Rain Drop Size Distribution (Invited) (215702)
Walter Arthur Petersen, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Science Research and Projects Division, ST-10, Huntsville, AL, United States
Flood nowcast using satellite-based rainfall in China: From TRMM to GPM (Invited) (246463)
Qiuhong Tang1, Xuejun Zhang2, Zhe Li2 and Huijuan Cui2, (1)Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China, (2)IGSNRR Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China
Combined observation of cloud characteristic with Atmospheric Profiling Synthetic Observation System(APSOS) (Invited) (279035)
Daren Lyu1, Yinan Wang2, Weiling Pan2 and Jinli LIU2, (1)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, LAGEO, Beijing, China, (2)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Phased Array Radar Network Experiment for Severe Weather (Invited) (237015)
Tomoo Ushio1,2, Hiroshi Kikuchi2, Tomoaki Mega1, Eiichi Yoshikawa3, Fumihiko Mizutani4 and Nobuhiro Takahashi5, (1)Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Division of Electrical, Electronic and Infocommunications Engineering, Osaka, Japan, (2)Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, (3)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Aeronautical Technology Directorate, Tokyo, Japan, (4)Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan, (5)NICT National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Investigation of hydrometeor classification uncertainties through the POLARRIS polarimetric radar simulator (255183)
Brenda Dolan1, Steven A Rutledge1, Ms. Julie I Barnum, MSc2, Toshihisa Matsui3, Wei-Kuo Tao4 and Takamichi Iguchi5, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, COLLEGE PARK, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College PARK, United States
Retrieving Vertical Air Motion and Raindrop Size Distributions from Vertically Pointing Doppler Radars (262576)
Christopher R Williams, University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Aerospace Engineering Science, Boulder, United States and V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fort Collins, United States
Improving Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation over Complex Terrain in the San Francisco Bay Area (278563)
Robert Cifelli, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States, Haonan Chen, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, NOAA Physical Sciences Division, Fort Collins, CO, United States and V Chandrasekar, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States

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