Abstract: An analysis of the effects of nonuniform beam filling on the measurement of the propagation phase shift for X-band radar is presented. An analytical expression is derived for the measured differential phase shift. It is ...

Abstract: A dual-wavelength method to differentiate supercooled water from ice and to measure mass content in each phase in cold stratiform clouds is proposed and discussed. The differential attenuation Ad, whose direct measurement ...

Abstract: Most attenuation correction algorithms are based on the assumption of an average, range-independent power-law relationship, k = aZb, between attenuation k and reflectivity Z. This paper analyzes how nonuniform beam filling ...

Abstract: alidation studies have assessed the accuracy of satellite-based precipitation estimates at coarse scale (1° and 1 day or coarser) in the tropics, but little is known about their ability to capture the finescale variability ...

Abstract: Monsoon rainfall is central to the climate of West Africa, and understanding its variability is a challenge for which satellite rainfall products could be well suited to contribute to. Their quality in this region has ...

Abstract: patiotemporal rainfall variability is a key parameter controlling the dynamics of mosquitoes/vector-borne diseases such as malaria, Rift Valley fever (RVF), or dengue. Impacts from rainfall heterogeneity at small scales ...

Abstract: A full radar simulator for high-resolution (1?5 km) nonhydrostatic models has been developed within the research nonhydrostatic mesoscale atmospheric (Meso-NH) model. This simulator is made up of building blocks, each of ...