A survey of snow growth signatures from tropics to Antarctica using triple-frequency radar observations

Li, Qinghui; Li, Haoran; Sun, Xuejin; Zhang, Yun; Lyu, Weitao; Ruan, Zheng; Liu, Liping; Liu, Aiming; Zhang, Chunsheng

doi:10.5194/acp-26-1249-2026

Articles | Volume 26, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-1249-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-1249-2026

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A survey of snow growth signatures from tropics to Antarctica using triple-frequency radar observations

Qinghui Li, Haoran Li, Xuejin Sun, Yun Zhang, Weitao Lyu, Zheng Ruan, Liping Liu, Aiming Liu, and Chunsheng Zhang

Data sets

A survey of snow growth signatures from tropics to Antarctica using triple-frequency radar observations Q. Li https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14575727

TRIPEx-pol level-2 data L. von Terzi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5025636

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Collection L. A. McMurdie et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/DATA101

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The article combines Ku–Ka–W observations from field campaigns spanning the tropics to Antarctica to show temperature-dependent signatures that separate aggregation from riming. As a first cross-latitude synthesis of triple-frequency snow microphysics, the article may serve as a future reference for cloud/precipitation remote sensing and model evaluation.