Radar performance is examined against the state-of-the-art numerical model simulations of well-characterized shallow and deep, continental, and oceanic convective cases. Comprehensive forward simulations enable us to assess the advantages and drawbacks of six different Doppler radar architectures currently planned or under consideration by space agencies for the study of cloud dynamics. While these systems have proven to be useful tools for retrieving cloud microphysical and dynamical properties from the ground, their adequacy and specific requirements for spaceborne operation still need to be evaluated. With most of Earth’s surface covered by water, space-borne Doppler radars are ideal for acquiring such measurements at a global scale.

6NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesĬonvective motions and hydrometeor microphysical properties are highly sought-after parameters for evaluating atmospheric numerical models.5Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.4Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico of Torino, Turin, Italy.3Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.2Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States.1Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States.Pavlos Kollias 1,2,3* Alessandro Battaglia 4,5 Katia Lamer 2 Bernat Puigdomenech Treserras 3 Scott A.

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