Abstract
This study couples observations from radiometers to both ground-based precipitation observations and reflectivity profiles from ground-based weather radars over the Netherlands. The Netherlands is an ideal study area for this purpose as both precipitation types (shallow and low-intensity) occur regularly over the Netherlands (~52°N) and high-quality (gauge-adjusted) radar data is available. We use brightness temperatures from conical scanning radiometers belonging to the GPM in this study. Firstly, we investigate the relationship between brightness temperatures from different channels (frequency-dependent) and precipitation intensities. Within this analysis we try to take the effect of different footprint sizes of the different channels (related to the differences in the employed radio frequencies) into account, in order to limit the dependence of the retrieved relations on the footprint size. Secondly, we couple the observations of the radiometers with ground-based radar reflectivity profiles to gain insight in the vertical structure of the precipitation types and how these affect brightness temperatures.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | AGU Fall Meeting 2022 - Chicago, United States Duration: 12 Dec 2022 → 16 Dec 2022 |
Conference
Conference | AGU Fall Meeting 2022 |
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Abbreviated title | AGU 2022 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Chicago |
Period | 12/12/22 → 16/12/22 |