Abstract
Dual-polarization (dual-pol) radar can measure additional parameters that provide more microphysical information of precipitation systems than those provided by conventional Doppler radar. The dual-pol parameters have been successfully utilized to investigate precipitation microphysics and improve radar quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE). The recent progress in dual-pol radar research and applications in China is summarized in four aspects. Firstly, the characteristics of several representative dual-pol radars are reviewed. Various approaches have been developed for radar data quality control, including calibration, attenuation correction, calculation of specific differential phase shift, and identification and removal of non-meteorological echoes. Using dual-pol radar measurements, the microphysical characteristics derived from raindrop size distribution retrieval, hydrometeor classification, and QPE is better understood in China. The limited number of studies in China that have sought to use dual-pol radar data to validate the microphysical parameterization and initialization of numerical models and assimilate dual-pol data into numerical models are summarized. The challenges of applying dual-pol data in numerical models and emerging technologies that may make significant impacts on the field of radar meteorology are discussed.
摘要
同常规多普勒雷达相比, 双偏振雷达可测量更多反映降水系统微物理信息的参数,因此被广泛用于研究降水微物理特征和改进雷达定量降水估测. 本文总结了我国近期双偏振雷达研究和应用的进展. 首先, 回顾了我国一些代表性的双偏振雷达特性和雷达数据质量控制方法, 包括雷达标定、衰减订正、比差分传播相移的计算,以及非气象回波识别和去除. 基于双偏振雷达的雨滴谱反演、水凝物相态分类和降雨估测产品, 揭示了我国典型降水系统内部的微物理特征和过程. 同时, 总结了双偏振雷达观测在我国数值模式微物理参数化方案评估、资料同化和模式初始场改进中的应用. 最后, 讨论了利用双偏振雷达观测改进数值模式面临的挑战和天气雷达技术发展的趋势, 及其对雷达气象学领域研究的影响.
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This work was primarily supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFC1501703 and 2018YFC1506404), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41875053, 41475015 and 41322032), the National Fundamental Research 973 Program of China (Grant Nos. 2013CB430101 and 2015CB452800), the Open Research Program of the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, and the Key Research Development Program of Jiangsu Science and Technology Department (Social Development Program, No. BE2016732).
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• Recent process in dual-pol radar research and applications in China.
• Deeper insights into the precipitation microphysics of severe weather in China.
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Zhao, K., Huang, H., Wang, M. et al. Recent Progress in Dual-Polarization Radar Research and Applications in China. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 36, 961–974 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-9057-2
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Keywords
- dual-polarization radar
- quantitative precipitation estimation
- precipitation microphysics
- drop size distribution
- numerical model