Interactive comment on “Precipitation and Microphysical Processes Observed by Three Polarimetric X-Band Radars during HOPE” by X. Xie et al

Interactive comment on “Precipitation and Microphysical Processes Observed by Three Polarimetric X-Band Radars during HOPE” by X. Xie et al

Interactive comment on “Precipitation and Microphysical Processes Observed by Three Polarimetric X-Band Radars during HOPE” by X. Xie et al

This paper presents some data from an two months experiment. The examined dataset included three polarimetric X-band weather radars supplemented by MRRs, disdrometers and rain-gauges. The focus of the paper is on the radar observations. The recorded rain events were of low intensity and this didn’t permit a more advanced evaluation of radars performance. Thus, instead of just showing some daily...

Precipitation and microphysical processes observed by three polarimetric X-band radars and ground-based instrumentation during HOPE

This study presents a first analysis of precipitation and related microphysical processes observed by three polarimetric X-band Doppler radars (BoXPol, JuXPol and KiXPol) in conjunction with a ground-based network of disdrometers, rain gauges and vertically pointing micro rain radars (MRRs) during the High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for advancing Climate Prediction (HD(CP)2) Observatio...

Cloud Microphysics Retrieval Using S-Band Dual-Polarization Radar Measurements

The recent deployment of multiparameter, polarimetric radars provides the impetus for development of microphysical retrievals. The primary objective of this paper is to describe a particle classification technique that makes use of polarimetric radar observations. The particle classification technique is computationally simple enough to be implemented for real-time research and operational fiel...

Interactive comment on “Cloud radar with hybrid mode towards estimation of shape and orientation of ice crystals” by A. Myagkov et al

The manuscript presents an interesting and important study of retrieval cloud particles’ characteristics from differential reflectivity (ZDR) and the correlation coefficient (CC) measured with polarimetric radar operating at a frequency of 35 GHz. Two measured radar variables allow retrieving the dielectric axis ratio and degree of orientation of cloud ice particles. The paper is a substantial ...