Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-4167-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-4167-2025
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11 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 11 Apr 2025

A new aggregation and riming discrimination algorithm based on polarimetric weather radars

Armin Blanke, Mathias Gergely, and Silke Trömel

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ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

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The area-wide radar-based distinction between riming and aggregation is crucial for model microphysics and data assimilation. This study introduces a discrimination algorithm based on polarimetric radar networks only. Exploiting the unique opportunity to link fall velocities from Doppler spectra to polarimetric variables in an operational setting enables us to set up and evaluate a well-performing machine learning algorithm.
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