Global Distribution of Snow Precipitation Features and Their Properties from 3 Years of GPM Observations
Global Distribution of Snow Precipitation Features and Their Properties from 3 Years of GPM Observations
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3年GPM观测的全球降雪特征分布及其特性
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2018
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M. Kulie
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A. Adhikari;Chuntao Liu;M. Kulie
AbstractUsing a 3-yr Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Ku-band Precipitation Radar (KuPR) dataset, snow features (SFs) are defined by grouping the contiguous area of nonzero solid precipitation. The near-surface wet bulb temperatures calculated from ERA-Interim reanalysis data are used to verify that SFs are colder than 1°C to omit snowfall that melts before reaching the surface. The properties of SFs are summarized to understand the global distribution and characteristics of snow systems. The seasonal and diurnal variations of SFs and their properties are analyzed over Northern and Southern Hemispheric land and ocean separately.To quantify the amount of snow missed by the GPM KuPR and the amount of snow underestimated by the CloudSat Cloud Profiling (CPR), 3-yr KuPR pixel-level data are compared with 4-yr CloudSat CPR observations. The overall underestimation of snowfall during heavy snow events by CPR is less than 3% compared to the combined CPR and KuPR estimates. KuPR underestimates about 52% of weak...
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10.1029/2010jd013856
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2010
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Kneifel;U. Löhnert;A. Battaglia;S. Crewell;D. Siebler
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D. Siebler