An Improved Dual-Polarization Radar Rainfall Algorithm (DROPS2.0): Application in NASA IFloodS Field Campaign

被引:107
作者
Chen, Haonan [1 ]
Chandrasekar, V. [1 ]
Bechini, Renzo [1 ]
机构
[1] Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
IN-SITU VERIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; PRECIPITATION; CLASSIFICATION; REFLECTIVITY; SYSTEM; ERRORS; FLOOD;
D O I
10.1175/JHM-D-16-0124.1
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
Compared to traditional single-polarization radar, dual-polarization radar has a number of advantages for quantitative precipitation estimation because more information about the drop size distribution and hydrometeor type can be gleaned. In this paper, an improved dual-polarization rainfall methodology is proposed, which is driven by a region-based hydrometeor classification mechanism. The objective of this study is to incorporate the spatial coherence and self-aggregation of dual-polarization observables in hydrometeor classification and to produce robust rainfall estimates for operational applications. The S-band dual-polarization data collected from the NASA Polarimetric (NPOL) radar during the GPM Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) ground validation field campaign are used to demonstrate and evaluate the proposed rainfall algorithm. Results show that the improved rainfall method provides better performance than a few single- and dual-polarization algorithms in previous studies. This paper also investigates the impact of radar beam broadening on various rainfall algorithms. It is found that the radar-based rainfall products are less correlated with ground disdrometer measurements as the distance from the radar increases.
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页码:917 / 937
页数:21
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