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contributor authorLolli, S.
contributor authorDi Girolamo, P.
contributor authorDemoz, B.
contributor authorLi, X.
contributor authorWelton, E. J.
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:26:28Z
date available2017-06-09T17:26:28Z
date copyright2017/04/01
date issued2017
identifier issn0739-0572
identifier otherams-85320.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4228754
description abstractain evaporation, while significantly contributing to moisture and heat cloud budgets, is a still poorly understood process with few measurements presently available. Multiwavelength lidars, widely employed in aerosols and clouds studies, can also provide useful information on the microphysical characteristics of light precipitation, for example, drizzle and virga. In this paper, lidar measurements of the median volume raindrop diameter and rain evaporation rate profiles are compared with a model analytical solution. The intercomparison reveals good agreement between the model and observations, with a correlation between the profiles up to 65% and a root-mean-square error up to 22% with a 5% bias. Larger discrepancies are due to radiosonde soundings different air masses and model assumptions no more valid along the profile as nonsteady atmosphere and/or appearance of collision?coalescence processes. Nevertheless, this study shares valuable information to better characterize the rain evaporation processes.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleRain Evaporation Rate Estimates from Dual-Wavelength Lidar Measurements and Intercomparison against a Model Analytical Solution
typeJournal Paper
journal volume34
journal issue4
journal titleJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
identifier doi10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0146.1
journal fristpage829
journal lastpage839
treeJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2017:;volume( 034 ):;issue: 004
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