Affiliation:
1. Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Abstract
Abstract
A series of poststorm surveys were conducted in the wake of hailstorms observed by the Colorado State University–University of Chicago–Illinois State Water Survey (CSU-CHILL) S-Band polarimetric radar. Information on hail characteristics (maximum diameter, building damage, apparent hailstone density, etc.) was solicited from the general-public storm observers that were contacted during the surveys; the locations of their observations were determined using GPS equipment. Low-elevation angle radar measurements of reflectivity, differential reflectivity ZDR, and linear depolarization ratio (LDR) were interpolated to the ground-observer locations. Relationships between the hail differential reflectivity parameter HDR and the observer-reported hail characteristics were examined. It was found that HDR thresholds of 21 and 30 dB were reasonably successful (critical success index values of ∼0.77) in respectively identifying regions where large (>19 mm in diameter) and structurally damaging hail were observed. The LDR characteristics in the observed hail areas were also examined. Because of sensitivities to variations in the hailstone bulk ice density, degree of surface wetness, and shape irregularities, the basic correlation between LDR magnitude and hail diameter was poor. However, when the reported hail diameters exceeded ∼25 mm, LDR levels below ∼−24 dB were uncommon.
Publisher
American Meteorological Society
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