Operation of two Doppler on Wheels (DOW) mobile X-band radars during COPS
Final Report Abstract
For the first time in Germany, two DOWs were successfully deployed and operated. During the international field campaign COPS, the DOWs supported measurements within 12 IOPs which partly continued during several days. The DOWs provided a high quality data set concerning the low-level wind and precipitation fields in complex terrain. A tremendous effort was spent on the analysis and visualization of the data. For instance, dual Doppler retrieval algorithms were refined and applied at NCAR. At IPM, new tools for the integration and visualization of different data sets and model outputs were developed. The analyses of the DOW data in combination with other observations were exemplarily discussed using results achieved during IOP11b on July 26, 2007. It is possible to overlay DOW LOS and dual Doppler data with surface observations, MSG brightness temperature fields and their combinations, as well as GPS IWV among other observations. A far as the range of the DOW extended to the supersites, the dynamic information of the DOWs can be used to determine water vapor transport and variability in the CBL.
Publications
- 2008. 3-dimensional observations of atmospheric variables during the field campaign COPS. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.1. 2008, 012031.
Pal, S., A. Behrendt, H. Bauer, M. Radlach, A. Riede, M. Schiller, G. Wagner, V. Wulfmeyer
(See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1/1/012031) - 2008. Mechanisms initiating deep convection over complex terrain during COPS, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 17. 2008, Number 6, pp. 931-948.
Kottmeier, Ch., N. Kalthoff, U. Corsmeier, Ch. Barthlott, J. Van Baelen, A. Behrendt, R. Behrendt, A. Blyth, R. Coulter, S. Crewell, M. Dorninger, C. Flamant, Th. Foken, M. Hagen, C. Hauck, H. Höller, H. Konow, M. Kunz, H. Mahlke, S. Mobbs, E. Richard, R. Steinacker, T. Weckwerth, A. Wieser, V. Wulfmeyer
(See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0348) - 2008. Statistics of convection initiation by use of the Meteosat Rapid Scan Service during the Convection and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study. Special Issue on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 17. 2008, Number 6, pp. 921-930.
Aoshima, F., A. Behrendt, H.-S. Bauer, V. Wulfmeyer
(See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0337) - 2008. The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study: A Research and Development Project of the World Weather
Research Program for improving quantitative precipitation forecasting in low-mountain regions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 89. 2008, No. 10, pp. 1477–1486.
Wulfmeyer, V., A. Behrendt, and H.-S. Bauer, C. Kottmeier, U. Corsmeier, A. Blyth, G. Craig, U. Schumann, M. Hagen, S. Crewell, P. Di Girolamo, C. Flamant, M. Miller, A. Montani, S. Mobbs, E. Richard, M.W. Rotach, M. Arpagaus, H. Russchenberg, P. Schlüssel, M. König,, V. Gärtner, R. Steinacker, M. Dorninger, D.D. Turner, T. Weckwerth, A. Hense, C. Simmer
(See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2367.1) - 2008. The Convective and Orographically-Induced Precipitation Study: A Research and Development Project of the World Weather Research Programme. Proceedings of 24th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), 23 - 27 June 2008, Boulder, CO, USA, ISBN 978-0-615-21489-4, pp. 722 - 725.
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