Aliasing in Micro Rain Radar data due to strong vertical winds

Rain observations with a vertically looking Micro Rain Radar (MRR)

Measurements of rain were obtained with a vertically pointing micro radar (MRR) with 1 min time resolution and 50(100) m height resolution at the German Baltic coast on the Zingst peninsula (54.43°N, 12.67°E). The comparison with a conventional rain gauge (30 min integration time) for a fi ve months summer period show a correlation coeffi cient of r = 0.87 for the rainrate and agreement within ...

Vertical Profiles Of: Rain Drop Size Distribution & Radar Reflectivity Factor-rain Rate (z-r) Relation

Improvement of vertical winds

Processing of Doppler radar radial winds for data assimilation

Atmospheric wind field is 3-dimensional and variable over time and space. Doppler radar measures one component of the wind vector, ie. the radar radial component. For complete description of the wind field simultaneous measurements should be made with three Doppler radars. Usually only one radar is available and the availability of the other two radars is compencated by simplifying assumptions ...

Improved Micro Rain Radar snow measurements using Doppler spectra post-processing

The Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR) is a compact Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) system that operates at 24 GHz. The MRR is a low-cost, portable radar system that requires minimum supervision in the field. As such, the MRR is a frequently used radar system for conducting precipitation research. Current MRR drawbacks are the lack of a sophisticated post-processing algorithm to improve its se...