The anatomy and physics of ZDR columns: Investigating a polarimetric radar signature with a spectral bin microphysical model

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1820-1843

  Kumjian, Matthew R ^a,e   Khain, Alexander P ^b   Benmoshe, Nir ^b   Ilotoviz, Eyal ^b   Ryzhkov, Alexander V ^c   Phillips, Vaughan T J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; DROPS; POLARIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; REFLECTION; STORMS; SUPERCOOLING;

CONVECTIVE STORMS; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; HEBREW UNIVERSITY CLOUD MODELS; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR OBSERVATION; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; RECIRCULATIONS; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

EID: 84904914485     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0354.1     Document Type: Article

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