TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent Progress in Dual-Polarization Radar Research and Applications in China
AU - Zhao, Kun
AU - Huang, Hao
AU - Wang, Mingjun
AU - Lee, Wen Chau
AU - Chen, Gang
AU - Wen, Long
AU - Wen, Jing
AU - Zhang, Guifu
AU - Xue, Ming
AU - Yang, Zhengwei
AU - Liu, Liping
AU - Wu, Chong
AU - Hu, Zhiqun
AU - Chen, Sheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Institute of Atmospheric Physics/Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Science Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Dual-polarization (dual-pol) radar can measure additional parameters that provide more microphysical information of precipitation systems than those provided by conventional Doppler radar. The dual-pol parameters have been successfully utilized to investigate precipitation microphysics and improve radar quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE). The recent progress in dual-pol radar research and applications in China is summarized in four aspects. Firstly, the characteristics of several representative dual-pol radars are reviewed. Various approaches have been developed for radar data quality control, including calibration, attenuation correction, calculation of specific differential phase shift, and identification and removal of non-meteorological echoes. Using dual-pol radar measurements, the microphysical characteristics derived from raindrop size distribution retrieval, hydrometeor classification, and QPE is better understood in China. The limited number of studies in China that have sought to use dual-pol radar data to validate the microphysical parameterization and initialization of numerical models and assimilate dual-pol data into numerical models are summarized. The challenges of applying dual-pol data in numerical models and emerging technologies that may make significant impacts on the field of radar meteorology are discussed.
AB - Dual-polarization (dual-pol) radar can measure additional parameters that provide more microphysical information of precipitation systems than those provided by conventional Doppler radar. The dual-pol parameters have been successfully utilized to investigate precipitation microphysics and improve radar quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE). The recent progress in dual-pol radar research and applications in China is summarized in four aspects. Firstly, the characteristics of several representative dual-pol radars are reviewed. Various approaches have been developed for radar data quality control, including calibration, attenuation correction, calculation of specific differential phase shift, and identification and removal of non-meteorological echoes. Using dual-pol radar measurements, the microphysical characteristics derived from raindrop size distribution retrieval, hydrometeor classification, and QPE is better understood in China. The limited number of studies in China that have sought to use dual-pol radar data to validate the microphysical parameterization and initialization of numerical models and assimilate dual-pol data into numerical models are summarized. The challenges of applying dual-pol data in numerical models and emerging technologies that may make significant impacts on the field of radar meteorology are discussed.
KW - drop size distribution
KW - dual-polarization radar
KW - numerical model
KW - precipitation microphysics
KW - quantitative precipitation estimation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85068728922
U2 - 10.1007/s00376-019-9057-2
DO - 10.1007/s00376-019-9057-2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85068728922
SN - 0256-1530
VL - 36
SP - 961
EP - 974
JO - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
JF - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
IS - 9
ER -