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Ground-based remote sensing of LWC in cloud and rainfall by a combined dual-wavelength radar-radiometer system

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This paper describes the retrieval procedure of liquid water content (LWC) in cloud or rainfall distribution by a combination of microwave radiometry and radar and its numerical simulation. The performance of a combined dual-wavelength (35.0 & 9.375 GHz) radar-radiometer system for the remote sensing of cloud LWC and rainfall is given. During the two summers of 1980 and 1981, the preliminary observations of different clouds and storms by the combined system and combined radar-radiometric cloud and rain parameter retrievals are carried out. Research results show that by the use of the combined radarradiometric method, improvement are obtained in accuracy of rms LWC and rainfall over the pure radiometric technique or the radar alone.

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  1. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing

    Lin Hai, Xin Miaoxin, Wei Chong, Hao Yaokui & Zou Shouxiang

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Hai, L., Miaoxin, X., Chong, W. et al. Ground-based remote sensing of LWC in cloud and rainfall by a combined dual-wavelength radar-radiometer system. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 2, 93–103 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179741

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