Observing ice particle growth along fall streaks in mixed-phase clouds using spectral polarimetric radar data

Pfitzenmaier, Lukas; Unal, Christine M. H.; Dufournet, Yann; Russchenberg, Herman W. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7843-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7843-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7843-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

Research article

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04 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 04 Jun 2018

Observing ice particle growth along fall streaks in mixed-phase clouds using spectral polarimetric radar data

Lukas Pfitzenmaier, Christine M. H. Unal, Yann Dufournet, and Herman W. J. Russchenberg

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Final revised paper (published on 04 Jun 2018)
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RC1: 'The novelty technique and idea used in this study are interesting; the manuscript should be considered for publication after revisions.', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Answers to the rewiewers questions - reviewer #01', Lukas Pfitzenmaier, 26 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Answers to the rewiewers questions - reviewer #02', Lukas Pfitzenmaier, 26 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Minor Revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Mar 2018
- AC3: 'Answers to the rewiewers questions - reviewer #01', Lukas Pfitzenmaier, 27 Mar 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Lukas Pfitzenmaier on behalf of the Authors (13 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Apr 2018) by Jui-Yuan Christine Chiu

AR by Lukas Pfitzenmaier on behalf of the Authors (18 Apr 2018)

Short summary

In this paper, particle fall streaks are analyzed to understand ice particle growth processes within precipitating mixed-phase cloud systems. The analysis is done by rearranging spectral polarimetric radar measurements along the retrieved fall streaks. Therefore, it is possible to identify and study the growth of single ice particle populations from the top to the bottom of the cloud system. The results show that such small scale processes can be analyzed using a precipitation radar.