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Phase Two of the Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE-II) over the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River in 2020.
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Advances in Atmospheric Sciences . 2021, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p346-356. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Phase Two of the Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE-II) was conducted over the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the period 16 June to 19 July 2020. This paper provides a brief overview of the IMFRE-II field campaign, including the multiple ground-based remote sensors, aircraft probes, and their corresponding measurements during the 2020 mei-yu period, as well as how to use these numerous datasets to answer scientific questions. The highlights of IMFRE-II are: (1) to the best of our knowledge, IMFRE-II is the first field campaign in China to use ground-based, airborne, and spaceborne platforms to conduct comprehensive observations over the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River; and (2) seven aircraft flights were successfully carried out, and the spectra of ice particles, cloud droplets, and raindrops at different altitudes were obtained. These in-situ measurements will provide a "cloud truth" to validate the ground-based and satellite-retrieved cloud and precipitation properties and quantitatively estimate their retrieval uncertainties. They are also crucial for the development of a warm (and/or cold) rain conceptual model in order to better understand the cloud-to-rain conversion and accretion processes in mei-yu precipitation events. Through an integrative analysis of ground-based, aircraft, and satellite observations and model simulations, we can significantly improve our cloud and precipitation retrieval algorithms, investigate the microphysical properties of cloud and precipitation, understand in-depth the formation and dissipation mechanisms of mei-yu frontal systems, and improve cloud microphysics parameterization schemes and model simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *RAINFALL
*MONSOONS
*ICE clouds
*CLOUD droplets
*RIVERS
*RAINDROPS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02561530
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148497859
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-0262-9