Construction and exploitation of a new-generation multi-frequency polarized scanning ground-based instrument capable of estimatin g cloud and rain water liquid path

• Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Clemens Simmer, seit 5/2010
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Physik und Chemie der Atmosphäre
• Förderung: Förderung von 2006 bis 2010
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 27134859

Reliable long term monitoring of cloud liquid water content under all-weather conditions and the partitioning of total liquid water content into cloud and rain water is mandatory to evaluate the performance of cloud resolving atmospheric models including the newest generation weather forecast models performing in the meso- -scale, and to validate cloud water estimates based on satellite imagery techniques. To this purpose we propose to design, construct, operate, and exploit the data of 1 a novel dual-polarisation three-channel passive ground-based microwave (MW hereafter1) radiometer setup. Run in synergy with several other ground-based remote sensing instruments at Bonn [22 channel passive microwave radiometer (PMWR) MICCY, X-Band precipitation radar, Micro Rain Radar, Ceilometer], Cabauw (3 and 37 GHz cloud radar), and during the field campaign COPS of the DFG-SPP1167 (including among others cloud radars and scanning water vapour lidar), the radiometer will in addition provide unprecedented quantitative information about vertical profiles of cloud microphysical parameters even in raining clouds. Carefully chosen setups will allow for the first time a quantitative evaluation of 3D-effects in radiative transfer in the field.

• DFG-Verfahren: Sachbeihilfen
• Großgeräte: radiometer extension for dual polarization at 10.4 GHz ; two frequency radiometer (21.0/36.5 GHz)
• Gerätegruppe: 0520 Niederschlagsmeßgeräte, Wasserstandsmeßgeräte
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Dr. Alessandro Battaglia, bis 5/2010