High ice water content at low radar reflectivity near deep convection &ndash; Part 1: Consistency of in situ and remote-sensing observations with stratiform rain column simulations

Fridlind, A. M.; Ackerman, A. S.; Grandin, A.; Dezitter, F.; Weber, M.; Strapp, J. W.; Korolev, A. V.; Williams, C. R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11713-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11713-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11713-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 20

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22 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 22 Oct 2015

High ice water content at low radar reflectivity near deep convection – Part 1: Consistency of in situ and remote-sensing observations with stratiform rain column simulations

A. M. Fridlind, A. S. Ackerman, A. Grandin, F. Dezitter, M. Weber, J. W. Strapp, A. V. Korolev, and C. R. Williams

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RC C4942: 'Review of High ice water content at low radar reflectivity near deep convection: Part I. Consistency of in situ and remote-sensing observations with stratiform rain column simulations', Jeff Stith, 15 Jul 2015
- AC C7168: 'Author Response to Referee Jeff Stith', Ann Fridlind, 24 Sep 2015
RC C5634: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Aug 2015
- AC C7176: 'Author Response to Referee #2', Ann Fridlind, 24 Sep 2015

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AR by Ann Fridlind on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2015)

Short summary

Airbus measurements at elevations circa 11 km within large storm systems near Darwin and Santiago indicate ice mass distributed over area-equivalent diameters of 100-500 µm. Profiler-observed radar reflectivity and mean Doppler velocity under similar conditions are found to be consistent with measurements and with 1D simulations of steady-state stratiform rain columns initialized with observed ice size distributions. Results motivate investigation of ice formation pathways in Part II.