Author:
Lolli Simone,Di Girolamo Paolo,Demoz Belay,Li Xiaowen,Welton Ellsworth J.
Abstract
Rain evaporation significantly contributes to moisture and heat cloud budgets. In this paper, we illustrate an approach to estimate the median volume raindrop diameter and the rain evaporation rate profiles from dual-wavelength lidar measurements. These observational results are compared with those provided by a model analytical solution. We made use of measurements from the multi-wavelength Raman lidar BASIL.