Raindrop axis ratios and size distributions in Florida rainshafts: An assessment of multiparameter radar algorithms

被引:45
作者
Bringi, VN [1 ]
Chandrasekar, V [1 ]
Xiao, RR [1 ]
机构
[1] Colorado State Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING | 1998年 / 36卷 / 03期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
multiparameter; radar; raindrop; size distributions;
D O I
10.1109/36.673663
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
Eleven penetrations of rainshafts by the University of Wyoming King Air (WKA) aircraft equipped with a two-dimensional (2-D) optical array probe are studied in coordination with multiparameter radar measurements from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) CP-2 radar collected in a multicellular storm that occurred on August 8, 1991, of the Convective and Precipitation/Electrification (CaPE) experiment. A comparison is made between the mass-weighted mean diameter (D-m) and rainrate (R) computed from the nine-size spectra and their estimates from multiparameter radar algorithms based on Z(dr) and Z(h). It was found that D-m could be estimated with a mean bias of 0.07 mm and a standard deviation of 0.35 mm, Rainrates (in the range of 10-60 mmh(-1)) could be estimated from Z(h) and Z(dr) with a mean bias of 1-4% and fractional standard error (FSE) of 30-40 % depending on the estimator used, Raindrop axis ratios are analyzed as a function of volume equivalent spherical diameter (D-eq) in the range 2-6 mm, The mean axis ratio versus the D-eq relationship was found to be consistent with previous data from the High Plains (from Colorado and Montana). A study of fluctuations of axis ratio (about their mean value) showed that most drops have axis ratios close to their mean values with oscillation amplitudes to be typically +/-10% in axis ratio, again consistent with the earlier High Plains results.
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页码:703 / 715
页数:13
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