Event
Student Seminar: Jonathan Vogel
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 15:00to15:30
Burnside Hall
Room 934, 805 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B9, CA
Observations of Doppler velocity reduction around -15C
Long term observations using a vertically pointing radar at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ have shown a common occurrence of a reduction in Doppler velocity, often concurrent with the -15C level in the atmosphere. Several mechanisms, both microphysical and dynamical, could lead to a local change in velocity. Since the vertically pointing radar observes Doppler velocity, which is a combination of the hydrometeor fall speed and the atmospheric vertical velocity, combining data from the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ scanning dual-polarized radar can help infer which of these mechanisms may or may not be contributing to these velocity observations.