Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-845-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-845-2019
Review article
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14 Jun 2019
Review article |  | 14 Jun 2019

The TRIple-frequency and Polarimetric radar Experiment for improving process observations of winter precipitation

José Dias Neto, Stefan Kneifel, Davide Ori, Silke Trömel, Jan Handwerker, Birger Bohn, Normen Hermes, Kai Mühlbauer, Martin Lenefer, and Clemens Simmer

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The TRIple-frequency and Polarimetric radar Experiment for improving process observation of winter precipitation (version 2) J. Dias Neto, S. Kneifel, and D. Ori https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1341389

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This study describes a 2-month dataset of ground-based, vertically pointing triple-frequency cloud radar observations recorded during the winter season 2015/2016 in Jülich, Germany. Intensive quality control has been applied to the unique long-term dataset, which allows the multifrequency signatures of ice and snow particles to be statistically analyzed for the first time. The analysis includes, for example, aggregation and its dependence on cloud temperature, riming, and onset of melting.