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Influence of the Raindrop Axis Ratio on Radar Parameters and Their Relationships
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    Based on the observational data of raindrop size distributions (DSDs) from Parsivel optical disdrometers in Qixian and Jiexiu of Shanxi Province during the period of July and August 2008, a contrast about the characteristics of DSDs and the statistical probability of radar parameters are provided. And then, the dependences of rainfall R and rainwater content W related with reflectivity Z upon axis ratio are discussed. It shows that as the rainfall (R) increases, the corrected R is improved, especially when R>5 mm·h-1. As reflectivity Z is proportional to the 6th power of diameter (D), the corrected reflectivity (Zcorr) is changed much more quickly. At last, on the basis of axis ratio, the Znoncorr-Rcorr relationship and the reflectivity Z and rainwater content W relationship (Z-W) offer a scientific ground for radar measurement of precipitation and a deep-going way research on cloud micro-physical processes and the effects of thunder-lightning on regional precipitation is determined.

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杨加艳,肖辉,李培仁,肖稳安.2012.雨滴轴比订正对雷达参量及其关系的影响研究[J].气候与环境研究,17(1):29-36. YANG Jiayan, XIAO Hui, LI Peiren, XIAO Wen'an.2012. Influence of the Raindrop Axis Ratio on Radar Parameters and Their Relationships[J]. Climatic and Environmental Research (in Chinese],17(1):29-36.

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