Journal
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
Volume 45, Issue 10, Pages 1235-1243Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.01.001
Keywords
Bright band; Rain microstructure; Rain drop size distribution; Tropical rainfall; Micro Rain Radar
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The microstructure of rain has been studied with observations using a vertical looking Micro Rain Radar (MRR) at Ahmedabad (23.06 degrees N, 72.62 degrees E), a tropical location in the Indian region. The rain height, derived from the bright band signature of melting layer of radar reflectivity profile, is found to be variable between the heights 4600 m and 5200 m. The change in the nature of rain, classified on the basis of radar reflectivity, is also observed through the MRR. It has been found that there are three types of rain, namely, convective, mixed and stratiform rain, prevailing with different vertical rain microstructures, such as, Drop Size Distribution (DSD), mean drop size, rain rate, liquid water content and average fall speed of the drops at different heights. It is observed that the vertical DSD profile is more inhomogeneous for mixed and stratiform type rain than for convective type rain. It is also found that the large number of drops of size <0.5 mm is present in convective rain whereas in stratiform rain, drops concentration is appreciable up to 1 mm. A comparison of measurements taken by ground based Disdrometer and that from the 200 m level obtained from MRR shows good agreement for rain rate and DSD at smaller rain rate values. The results may be useful for understanding rain structures over this region. (C) 2010 COSPA R. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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