Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2493-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2493-2018
Model description paper
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22 Jun 2018
Model description paper |  | 22 Jun 2018

Observational operators for dual polarimetric radars in variational data assimilation systems (PolRad VAR v1.0)

Takuya Kawabata, Thomas Schwitalla, Ahoro Adachi, Hans-Stefan Bauer, Volker Wulfmeyer, Nobuhiro Nagumo, and Hiroshi Yamauchi

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We implemented two observational operators for dual polarimetric radars in two variational data assimilation systems: WRF Var and NHM-4DVAR. The operators consist of a space interpolator and two types of variable converters. The first variable converter emulates polarimetric parameters with model prognostic variables, and the second derives rainwater content from the observed polarimetric parameter. The system worked properly in verification and assimilation tests.