Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 41, Issue 5, 831(2022)

Retrieval of supercooled water in convective clouds over Nagqu of the Tibetan Plateau using millimeter-wave radar measurements

Tao REN1, Jia-Feng ZHENG1、*, Li-Ping LIU2, Ming-Long ZOU1, Shao-Jie CHEN1, Jing-Shu HE1, and Jian-Jie LI1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Plateau Atmosphere and Environment Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province,School of Atmospheric Sciences,Chengdu University of Information Technology,Chengdu 610225,China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather,Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,Beijing 100081,China
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    Flowchart of in-cloud supercooled water identification algorithm based on Ka-MMCR measurements
    Radar Doppler spectra detected at 23:21 on August 2,2015 over Nagqu at 3.06 km of the stratocumulus,(a)and(b)are spectra before and after dealiasing,respectively,the crosses and circles in figures represent start and end points and peaks of the cloud-precipitation signal
    Radar Doppler spectra detected at 23:22 on August 2,2015 over Nagqu at 2.7 km and 2.91 km of the stratocumulus,(a)and(b)reflect phenomena of multiple modals and multiple peaks,SP,SPSW,and SPICE represent the original spectra,supercooled water spectra,and ice crystal spectra
    Radar observations and retrievals of the stratocumulus cloud(case one)observed at Nagqu during 22:45–01:00 on August 2–3,2015,(a)–(h)are radar reflectivity factor Ze(dBZ),spectrum width σv(m/s),vertical air velocity Vair(m/s),particle mean terminal velocity Vt¯(m/s),remarks of particle phase,supercooled water Ze,effective radius Re(μm),and liquid water content LWC (g/m3),the ‘Non’,‘SW’,and ‘Mix’ denote non-supercooled water,supercooled water,and mix of ice and supercooled water,the horizontal dashed lines are heights of isothermal layers observed by radiosonde
    Radar observations and retrievals of a cumulus congestus,an altocumulus,and a cumulus humilis observed at Nagqu during 15:45–17:30 on August 25,2015,the meaning of each subgraph is the same as described in captions of Fig. 4
    Time series of average updraft speed +Vair(m/s)and corresponding supercooled water reflectivity Ze(dBZ),liquid water content LWC(g/m3),and effective radius Re(μm)for two cases as shown in Fig. 4(the left-panel subgraphs)and Fig. 5(the right-panel subgraphs)
    Comparisons of liquid water paths LWPs retrieved radar(MMCR)and microwave radiometer(MWR),(a)and(b)are results of case one and case two,respectively
    The spatial distributions of supercooled water retrieving by different methods of two cases,(a1,a2)Fuzzy hydrometeor classification method(FHC),(b1,b2)Threshold method(Threshold),(c1,c2)K-means classification method(K-means),(d1,d2)our algorithm(Our Method)
    Time series of average microphysical parameters of supercooled water using diverse methods of two cases,(a1,a2)liquid water content LWC,(b1,b2)liquid water effective radius Re,(c1,c2)liquid water path LWP
    • Table 1. Ka-MMCR main performance parameters of M1 operational mode

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      Table 1. Ka-MMCR main performance parameters of M1 operational mode

      序号参数名参数值
      1脉冲宽度0.2 μs
      2谱分析方法快速傅里叶变换(FFT)
      3谱采样点数256
      4相干积累数4
      5非相干积累数16
      6高度探测范围0.12~10 km
      7时间分辨率9 s
      8空间分辨率30 m
      9速度探测范围-4.635~4.635 m/s
      10速度分辨率3.62 cm/s
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    Tao REN, Jia-Feng ZHENG, Li-Ping LIU, Ming-Long ZOU, Shao-Jie CHEN, Jing-Shu HE, Jian-Jie LI. Retrieval of supercooled water in convective clouds over Nagqu of the Tibetan Plateau using millimeter-wave radar measurements[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(5): 831

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 30, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 6, 2023

    The Author Email: Jia-Feng ZHENG (zjf1988@cuit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.05.006

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