Vertical velocity observed by Doppler lidar during cops - A case study with a convective rain event

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 463-470

  Davis, Jenny ^a   Collier, Chris ^a   Davies, Fay ^a   Burton, Ralph ^a   Pearson, Guy ^b   Di Girolamo, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Halo Photonics   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective rainfall; Doppler lidar; Vertical velocity skewness

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; DOPPLER LIDAR SYSTEMS; DOPPLER LIDARS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; TURBULENT CONVECTION; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; OPTICAL RADAR; RAIN; RESEARCH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

VELOCITY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER LIDAR; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SKEWNESS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY;

EID: 84890917068     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0411     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. BENNETT, L.J., K.A. BROWNING, A.M. BLYTH, D.J. PARKER, P.A. CLARK, 2006: A review of the initiation of precipitating convection in the United Kingdom.-Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 132, 1001-1020.. (Pubitemid 44097062)
2. BOZIER, K.E., G.N. PEARSON, C.G. COLLIER, 2007: Doppler lidar observations of Russian forest fire plumes over Helsinki.-Weather 62, 203-208..
3. BROWNING, K.A., R. WEXLER, 1968: The Determination of Kinematic Properties of a Wind Field using Doppler Radar.-Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 97, 283-299..
4. BURTON, R.R., A. GADIAN, A. BLYTH, S.D. MOBBS, 2013: Modelling isolated deep convection: A case study from COPS.-Meteorol.Z. 22, 433-443.DOI:10.1127/ 0941-2948/2013/0408..
5. DAVIES, F., C. COLLIER, G.N. PEARSON, K. BOZIER, 2004: Doppler Lidar Measurements of Turbulent Structure Function over an Urban Area.-J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 21, 753-761.. (Pubitemid 38673083)
6. DI GIROLAMO, P., D. SUMMA, R. FERRETTI, 2009: Rotational Raman Lidar measurements for the characterization of stratosphere-troposphere exchange mechanisms.-J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 26, 1742-1762..
7. FREHLICH, R., 2001: Simulation of coherent Doppler lidar performance for space-based platforms.-J. Appl. Meteor. 39, 245-262..
8. FREHLICH, R., L. CORNMAN, 2002: Estimating spatial velocity statistics with coherent Doppler lidar.-J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 19, 355-366.. (Pubitemid 34853898)
9. GALLUS, W.A., M. PFEIFER, 2008: Intercomparison of simulations using WRF microphysics schemes with dualpolarization data for a German squall line.-Advan. Geosci. 16, 109-116..
10. HARROLD, T.W., K.A. BROWNING, 1971: Identification of preferred areas of shower development by means of highpower radar.-Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 97, 330-339..
11. HOGAN, R.J., A.L.M. GRANT, A.J. ILLINGWORTH, G. PEARSON, E. O'CONNOR, 2009: Vertical velocity variance and skewness in clear and cloud-topped boundary layers as revealed by Doppler lidar.-Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 135, 635-643..
12. KALTHOFF, N., K. TRA UMNER, B. ADLER, S. SPATH, A. BEHRENDT, A. WIESER, J. HANDWERKER, F. MADONNA, V. WULFMEYER, 2013: Dry and moist convection in the boundary layer over the Black Forest-A combined analysis of in situ and remote sensing data.-Meteorol. Z. 22, 445-461. DOI:10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0417..
13. KHODAYAR, S., G. SCHA DLER, 2013: The impact of soil moisture variability on seasonal convective precipitation simulations. Part II: Sensitivity to land-surface models and prescribed soil type distributions.-Meteorol. Z. 22, 507-526. DOI:10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0431..
14. KOTTMEIER, C., N. KALTHOFF, C. BARTHLOTT, U. CORSMEIER, J. VAN BAELEN, A. BEHRENDT, R. BEHRENDT, A. BLYTH, R. COULTER, S. CREWELL, P. DI GIROLAMO, M. DORNINGER, C. FLAMANT, T. FOKEN, M. HAGEN, C. HAUCK, H. HOLLER, H. KONOW, M. KUNZ, H. MAHLKE, S. MOBBS, E. RICHARD, R. STEINACKER, T.WECKWERTH, A. WIESER, 2008: Mechanisms initiating deep convection over complex terrain during COPS.-Meteorol Z. 17, 931-948. DOI:10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0348..
15. LE MONE, M.A., 1990: Some observations of Vertical Velocity Skewness in the Convective Planetary Boundary Layer.-J. Atmos. Sci. 47, 1163-1169..
16. MOENG, C.H., R. ROTUNNO, 1990: Vertical-Velocity Skewness in the Buoyancy-Driven Boundary Layer.-J. Atmos. Sci. 47, 1149-1162..
17. MOYER, K.A., G.S. YOUNG, 1991: Observations of Vertical Velocity Skewness within the Marine Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer.-J. Atmos. Sci. 48, 403-410..
18. PEARSON, G., 2010: Halo-Photonics.-Personal Communication..
19. PEARSON, G., F. DAVIES, C. COLLIER, 2009: An analysis of the performance of the UFAM pulsed Doppler lidar for observing the boundary layer.-J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 2, 240-250..
20. SKAMAROCK, W.C., J.B. KLEMP, J. DUDHIA, D.O. GILL, D.M. BARKER, M.G. DUDA, X.Y. HUANG, W. WANG, J.G. POWERS, 2009: A description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 3-NCAR Tech. Note TN-475+STR.
21. WILLIAMS, A.G., J.M. HACKER, 1992: Interactions between coherent eddies in the lower convective boundary layer.-Bound.-Layer Meteor. 64, 55-74..
22. WULFMEYER, V., A. BEHRENDT, 2007: COPSfield report v2.1, with contribution of G. ADRIAN, D. ALTHAUSEN, F. AOSHIMA, J. VAN BAELEN, C. BARTHLOTT, H.-S. BAUER, A. BLYTH, C. BRANDAU, U. CORSMEIER, G. CRAIG, S. CREWELL, G. DICK, M. DORNINGER, Y. DUFOURNET, G. EHRET, R. ENGELMANN, C. FLAMANT, T. FOKEN, C. HAUCK, P. DI GIROLAMO, H. GRAßL, M. GRZESCHIK, J. HANDWERKER, M. HAGEN, R.M. HARDESTY, C. HAUCK, W. JUNKERMANN, N. KALTHOFF, C. KIEMLE, C. KOTTMEIER, L. KRAUSS, C. LONG, J. LELIEVELD, F. MADONNA, M. MILLER, S. MOBBS, B. NEININGER, S. PAL, G. PETERS, M. RADLACH, E. RICHARD, M. ROTACH, H. RUSSCHENBERG, P. SCHLU SSEL, U. SCHUMANN, C. SIMMER, R. STEINACKER, D. TURNER, S. VOGT, H. VOLKERT, T. WECKWERTH, H. WERNLI, A. WIESER, C. WUNRAUM.-COPS, https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/spp-iop/documents/COPSFieldReport2.pdf..
23. WULFMEYER, V., A. BEHRENDT, H.-S. BAUER, C. KOTTMEIER, U. CORSMEIER, A. BLYTH, G. CRAIG, U. SCHUMANN, M. HAGEN, S. CREWELL, P. DIGIROLAMO, C. FLAMANT, M. MILLER, A. MONTANI, S. MOBBS, E. RICHARD, M.W. ROTACH, M. ARPAGAUS, H. RUSSCHENBERG, P. SCHLUSSEL, M. KONIG, V. GARTNER, R. STEINAKER, M. DORNIGER, D.D. TURNER, T. WECKWERTH, A. HENSE, C. SIMMER, 2008: Research campaign The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study: A Research and Development Project of the World Weather Research Programme for improving quantitative precipitation forecasting in low-mountain regions.-Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 89, 1477-1486. DOI:10.1175/2008BAMS2367.1..
24. WULFMEYER, V., A. BEHRENDT, C. KOTTMEIER, U. CORSMEIER, C. BARTHLOTT, G.C. CRAIG, M. HAGEN, D. ALTHAUSEN, F. AOSHIMA, M. ARPAGAUS, H.-S. BAUER, L. BENNETT, A. BLYTH, C. BRANDAU, C. CHAMPOLLION, S. CREWELL, G. DICK, P. DI GIROLAMO, M. DORNINGER, Y. DUFOURNET, R. EIGENMANN, R. ENGELMANN, C. FLAMANT, T. FOKEN, T. GORGAS, M. GRZESCHIK, J. HANDWERKER, C. HAUCK, H. HO LLER, W. JUNKERMANN, N. KALTHOFF, C. KIEMLE, S. KLINK, M. KO NIG, L. KRAUSS, C.N. LONG, F. MADONNA, S. MOBBS, B. NEININGER, S. PAL, G. PETERS, G. PIGEON, E. RICHARD, M.W. ROTACH, H. RUSSCHENBERG, T. SCHWITALLA, V. SMITH, R. STEINACKER, J. TRENTMANN, D.D. TURNER, J. VAN BAELEN, S. VOGT, H. VOLKERT, T. WECKWERTH, H. WERNLI, A. WIESER, M. WIRTH, 2011: The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) the scientific strategy, the field phase, and research highlights.-Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 137, 3-30. DOI:10.1002/qj.752..