HCR Publications

Instrument description

  • Vivekanandan, J., and Coauthors, 2015: A wing pod-based millimeter wavelength airborne cloud radar. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 5, 117-159, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-161-2015

Data processing

  • Romatschke, U., Dixon, M., Tsai, P., Loew, E., Vivekanandan, J., Emmet, J., Rilling, R. 2021: The NCAR Airborne 94-GHz Cloud Radar: Calibration and Data Processing. Data, 6, 66. https://doi.org/10.3390/data6060066

Melting layer detection

Convective/stratiform echo type and convectivity

  • Romatschke, U., Dixon, M., 2022: Vertically Resolved Convective/StratiformEcho Type Identification and Convectivity Retrieval for Vertically Pointing Radars. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39, 11, 1685-1704. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0019.1

Particle identification

  • Romatschke, U., Vivekanandan, V., 2022: Cloud and Precipitation Particle Identification Using Cloud Radar and Lidar Measurements: Retrieval Technique and Validation. Earth and Space Science, 9, e2022EA002299. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002299

Cloud classification

  • Romatschke, U., 2023: Cloud properties derived from airborne cloud radar observations collected in three climatic regions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD039829. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039829.