The Need to Represent Raindrop Size Spectra as Normalized Gamma Distributions for the Interpretation of Polarization Radar Observations
By Anthony Illingworth, T. Blackman. 2002
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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering
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In Atmospheric Science
- Alexander Khain
- Guifu Zhang
- Edward Brandes
- Terry Schuur
- V. Phillips
- S. C. Heever
- Jothiram Vivekanandan
- Alexander V. Ryzhkov
In Environmental Engineering
- Guifu Zhang
- Edward Brandes
- Terry Schuur
- Jothiram Vivekanandan
- Alexander V. Ryzhkov
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- Alexander Khain
Citations in the corpus
- Representation of microphysical processes in cloud‐resolving models: Spectral (bin) microphysics versus bulk parameterization (2015, background): “One can see that the number of microphysical variables predicted by bulk parameterization schemes increases over time from 2 in the Kessler [1969] scheme to 17 in the Loftus et al. [2014] and 18 in the Milbrandt and Yau [2005b, 2006].”
- Drop Size Distribution Retrieval with Polarimetric Radar: Model and Application (2004, background): “Further, Illingworth and Blackman (2002) argue that the redundancy among ZH, ZDR, and KDP precludes the retrieval of the three DSD parameters in Eq.”
- A Microphysical Interpretation of Radar Reflectivity–Rain Rate Relationships (2004, background): “This latter value is becoming more widely accepted (e.g., Wilson et al. 1997; Illingworth and Blackman 2002).”
- Variability of Drop Size Distributions: Noise and Noise Filtering in Disdrometric Data (2005, methodology): “Three distinct DSDs are investigated for three different precipitation types (drizzle, widespread, and convective rain) by Joss and Waldvogel (1970). Moreover, they could double the accuracy in rain estimation by using three different rainfall rate–radar reflectivity (R–Z) relationships, thereby red”
- Polarimetric Radar Estimators Based on a Constrained Gamma Drop Size Distribution Model (2004, methodology): “A normalized gamma distribution was first proposed by Willis (1984), and was recently adopted by Illingworth and Blackman (2002) to eliminate the dependence between N0 and m (Willis 1984; Chandrasekar and Bringi 1987; Illingworth and Blackman 2002; Testud et al. 2001).”
- Calibration Issues of Dual-Polarization Radar Measurements (2005, background): “Recent studies by Illingworth and Blackman (2002) and Vivekanandan et al. (2003) claim that the accuracy of Z calibration based on the consistency among the three radar variables can be as good as 0.5–1 dB.”