A Methodology for Estimating the Parameters of a Gamma Raindrop Size Distribution Model from Polarimetric Radar Data: Application to a Squall-Line Event from the TRMM/Brazil Campaign

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Correction of Radar Reflectivity and Differential Reflectivity for Rain Attenuation at X Band. Part I: Theoretical and Empirical Basis (2005, methodology): “…to rainfall estimation, correction of attenuation is also necessary for retrieving DSDs, because the retrievals are based on empirical relations between the parameters of a function describing the DSD and the polarimetric variables ZH, ZDR, and KDP (Gorgucci et al. 2002a,b; Bringi et al. 2002).”
Inverted-polarity electrical structures in thunderstorms in the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS) (2005, methodology): “Polarimetric radar can be used to continuously estimate the coefficient a and thus is a practical application of DSD retrieval relevant to the potential upgrade of the WSR-88D for dual-polarization (Bringi et al. 2002b).”
Drop Size Distribution Retrieval with Polarimetric Radar: Model and Application (2004, methodology): “Bringi et al. (2002) apply the method only to situations in which KDP $ 0.38 km21 (rain rates of greater than 20 mm h21).”
Evaluation of a New Polarimetrically Based Z–R Relation (2004, methodology): “In several recent articles it has been shown that D 0 , N w , and (to some extent) (cid:109) can be retrieved from polarimetric radar measurements of Z h , Z dr , and K dp (Gor-gucci et al. 2002; Bringi et al. 2002).”