Dual-polarization radar fingerprints of precipitation physics: A review

MR Kumjian, OP Prat, KJ Reimel, M van Lier-Walqui… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article reviews how precipitation microphysics processes are observed in dual-
polarization radar observations. These so-called “fingerprints” of precipitation processes are …

[HTML][HTML] A primer on phased array radar technology for the atmospheric sciences

R Palmer, D Bodine, P Kollias… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
The scientific community has expressed interest in the potential of phased array radars
(PARs) to observe the atmosphere with finer spatial and temporal scales. Although …

An environmental and polarimetric study of the 19 November 2015 supercell and multiple-vortex tornado in Marechal Cândido Rondon, southern Brazil

V Ferreira, V Goede, E de Lima Nascimento - … and Atmospheric Physics, 2022 - Springer
In the mid-afternoon of 19 November 2015, a large multiple-vortex tornado struck the city of
Marechal Cândido Rondon (MCR) situated in southern Brazil, injuring tens of people and …

Strange storms: Rainfall extremes from the remnants of hurricane ida (2021) in the northeastern us

JA Smith, ML Baeck, Y Su, M Liu… - Water resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
On 1 September 2021, the remnants of Hurricane Ida transformed into a lethal variant of
tropical cyclone in which unprecedented short‐duration rainfall from clusters of supercells …

Supercell low-level mesocyclones: Origins of inflow and vorticity

BE Coffer, MD Parker, JM Peters… - Monthly Weather …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
The development and intensification of low-level mesocyclones in supercell thunderstorms
have often been attributed, at least in part, to augmented streamwise vorticity generated …

Development and investigation of GridRad-severe, a multiyear severe event radar dataset

AM Murphy, CR Homeyer… - Monthly Weather Review, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Many studies have aimed to identify novel storm characteristics that are indicative of current
or future severe weather potential using a combination of ground-based radar observations …

[HTML][HTML] An Automated Python Algorithm to Quantify Z DR Arc and K DPZ DR Separation …

MB Wilson, MS Van Den Broeke - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Supercell thunderstorms often have pronounced signatures of hydrometeor size sorting
within their forward-flank regions, including an arc-shaped region of high differential …

[HTML][HTML] Tornado formation and intensity prediction using polarimetric radar estimates of updraft area

MM French, DM Kingfield - Weather and Forecasting, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A sample of 198 supercells are investigated to determine if a radar proxy for the area of the
storm midlevel updraft may be a skillful predictor of imminent tornado formation and/or peak …

[HTML][HTML] Distinguishing characteristics of tornadic and nontornadic supercell storms from composite mean analyses of radar observations

CR Homeyer, TN Sandmæl, CK Potvin… - Monthly Weather …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Distinguishing Characteristics of Tornadic and Nontornadic Supercell Storms from Composite
Mean Analyses of Radar Observations in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 148 Issue 12 …

Investigating hailstorm updrafts and nowcasting hail size using a novel radar-based updraft detection

V Klaus, J Krause - Weather and Forecasting, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Nowcasting hail size poses a major challenge in operational practice due to physical
limitations of weather radar technology once hailstones are sufficiently large to enter the …