Multiple-scattering-induced "ghost echoes" in GPM DPR observations of a tornadic supercell

• Published in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
• Main Authors: Battaglia, Alessandro, Mroz, Kamil, Tanelli, S., Tridon, Frederic, Kirstetter, P-E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2016
• Subjects: Atm/Ocean Structure/ Phenomena; Hail; Tornadoes; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Convective storms; Observational techniques and algorithms; Radars/Radar observations; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Leicester; The Spectre; ice core; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0136.1; http://hdl.handle.net/2381/38571; https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0136.1

Evidence of multiple-scattering-induced pulse stretching for the signal of both frequencies of the Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Core Observatory satellite is presented on the basis of collocated ground-based WSR-88D S-band observation...