Hydrometeor classification from polarimetric radar measurements: A clustering approach

J Grazioli, D Tuia, A Berne - Atmospheric Measurement …, 2015 - amt.copernicus.org
A data-driven approach to the classification of hydrometeors from measurements collected
with polarimetric weather radars is proposed. In a first step, the optimal number of …

Introduction to the HyMeX Special Issue on 'Advances in understanding and forecasting of heavy precipitation in the Mediterranean through the HyMeX SOP1 field …

V Ducrocq, S Davolio, R Ferretti, C Flamant… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2016 - insu.hal.science
This Special Issue presents a wide range of studies carried out over the last three years
exploiting the exceptional dataset of observations and model output collected during SOP1 …

Unraveling hydrometeor mixtures in polarimetric radar measurements

N Besic, J Gehring, C Praz… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - amt.copernicus.org
Radar-based hydrometeor classification typically comes down to determining the dominant
type of hydrometeor populating a given radar sampling volume. In this paper we address the …

ICE GENESIS: Synergetic aircraft and ground-based remote sensing and in situ measurements of snowfall microphysical properties

AC Billault-Roux, J Grazioli, J Delanoë… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
An international field experiment took place in the Swiss Jura in January 2021 as a
milestone of the European ICE GENESIS project (www. ice-genesis. eu/), which aims to …

Drop size distribution climatology in Cévennes-Vivarais region, France

S Hachani, B Boudevillain, G Delrieu, Z Bargaoui - Atmosphere, 2017 - mdpi.com
Mediterranean regions are prone to heavy rainfall, flash floods, and erosion issues. Drop
size distribution (DSD) is a key element for studying these phenomena through the …

Relationships between total lightning activity, microphysics and kinematics during the 24 September 2012 HyMeX bow‐echo system

JF Ribaud, O Bousquet… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The structure of a bow‐echo system that crossed southeast France on 24 September 2012
during the first Special Observation Period of the Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean …

Water vapor mixing ratio and temperature inter-comparison results in the framework of the Hydrological Cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment—Special Observation …

P Di Girolamo, B De Rosa, C Flamant… - Bulletin of Atmospheric …, 2020 - Springer
This paper reports results from an inter-comparison effort involving water vapor and
temperature sensors, which took place in the North-Western Mediterranean in the period …

Evaluation and application of hydrometeor classification algorithm outputs inferred from multi‐frequency dual‐polarimetric radar observations collected during HyMeX

JF Ribaud, O Bousquet, S Coquillat… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A fuzzy logic hydrometeor classification algorithm (HCA), allowing discrimination between
six microphysical species regardless of the radar wavelength is presented and evaluated …

Observational and modeling study of a mesoscale convective system during the HyMeX—SOP1

S Dafis, K Lagouvardos, V Kotroni, TM Giannaros… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
An intense and fast moving convective line that crossed Massif Central/Cévennes-Vivarais
area (south France) during the field campaign of Hydrological Cycle in Mediterranean …

Evaluation of 3D wind observations inferred from the analysis of airborne and ground‐based radars during HyMeX SOP‐1

O Bousquet, J Delanoë, S Bielli - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Radial velocity measurements collected by the airborne radar RASTA during Hydrological
Cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX) S pecial Observation Period (SOP) 1 are …