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1. Dual-Polariza+on Radar Observa+ons of Precipita+on Processes in Complex Terrain during OLYMPEX
Angela K. Rowe1, Megan M. Chaplin1, and Robert A. Houze, Jr.1,2
1University of Washington, Sea4le, WA; 2PNNL, Richland, WA
1. Introduction
2. OLYMPEX Data
The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX), a NASA GPM ground validation project
occurring fall 2015 – winter 2016, provided a unique opportunity to investigate precipitation
processes as wintertime mid-latitude cyclones encounter complex terrain. The extensive
instrument assets deployed during the field campaign upstream and across a range of
elevations of the Olympic Mountains allowed for documentation of orographic enhancement
of precipitation in a variety of synoptic events. As part of this observational network, ground-
based dual-polarization Doppler radars operated nearly continuously on the coast, windward
interior valley, and leeside of the mountains. These data provided unprecedented detail to
illuminate the role of terrain on microphysical and dynamical processes associated with this
precipitation enhancement. Additional details on microphysical processes are available
through in situ aircraft data, including spirals through the radar sectors.
4. 5 December 2015 Case Study
5. Conclusions
E-mail: akrowe@atmos.uw.edu
Funded by NSF Grant # AGS-1503155 and NASA Grants # NNX16AD75G, NNX15AL38G
AMS Annual Meeting, January 2017, Seattle, WA
- Occluded frontal system
with strong wind shear
- Strong southwesterly
winds at and above 900
hPa with slightly weaker
southeasterly flow below
- Large drops (compared
to 12 Nov period)
observed along western
slopes suggesting
greater contribution
from melting snow
- Shear-induced Kelvin-
Helmholtz waves
developing during time
of Citation spirals
Ø Two cases with different synoptic/environmental conditions, varying melting levels with respect
to time and distance to terrain, upper-level enhancement over mountains (waves in 5 Dec case),
little to no liquid water observed in spirals
Ø Observations of dendrites and capped columns in region of upper-level ZDR enhancement, with
large aggregates observed below as ZDR decreases/Z, increase providing confidence in
microphysical inferences from radar when in situ data not available
Ø Future work to investigate dynamical processes related to upper-level enhancement, role of K-H
waves in modification of microphysics, further classification of Citation data (e.g., LWC) as a
function of T for additional cases
3. 12 November 2015 Case Study
- Warm prefrontal flow
impinging on
mountains (W at 500
hPa, SW at 850 hPa)
- Deep, moist, stable
layer
- Pronounced leeside
rain shadow
- Coordinated flights
with GPM overpass,
including Citation
spirals over NPOL and
DOW sectors
NPOL
- NASA’s S-band dual-
polarization, Doppler radar
- Operated from coast
(Quinault Nation)
- Collected high-resolution
RHIs over ocean and inland
over Quinault Valley
• Upstream influence of
mountains (air rising
before mountain, NPOL)
• Shallow down-valley flow
(DOW)
• Bending of brightband
toward terrain
• Very little to no liquid
water or rime ice
encountered
• Secondary maxima in ZDR
aloft with increasing
reflectivity below
• Rise in melting level with
time, increasing
enhancement and role of
warm-rain processes (see
Joe Zagrodnik’s poster)
• Small spikes in LWC
as ascends through
stratiform ice region
• 1454 UTC: Large
aggregates just before
spiral near 3 km (no
supercooled water)
• 1505 UTC: large
aggregates (~3.5 km)
• 1508 UTC: bullet
rosettes, capped
columns (~4.5 km)
• 5.5-6.5 km: irregulars
• > 6.5 km: column
aggregates, small
crystals
DOW
- CSWR’s X-band, dual-
polarization, Doppler on
Wheels radar
- Located at Lake Quinault
beneath NPOL beam
- Collected high-resolution
RHIs in Quinault Valley and
over windward slopes
DOW radial velocity
UND Citation
- LWC (King Hot Wire Probe)
- CWC (CSI)
- TWC (Nevzorov)
- Cloud DSD (CDP)
- Particle images (2D-S,
HVPS-3, CPII, 2DC)
- Supercooled water
(Rosemount icing probe)
- Up to 7.5 km
NPOL and DOW Opera.ons NPOL,DOW
EC X-band Opera.ons
Aircra:
Ground sites collec+ng data – Rain gauges, Parsivels, MRRs, snow
Soundings
Focus on Citation
spirals in DOW
and NPOL RHI
sectors
OBJECTIVE
Collocate in situ data from Citation spirals
with DOW and NPOL RHIs to validate
microphysical inferences from radar data
and to investigate precipitation processes
with respect to different environmental
conditions and terrain.
NPOL
DOW
NPOL PPI
Cita.on
OLYMPEX
Radar
Network
DOW
RHI
DOW PPI
1938 UTC
DOW RHI
Cita.on
NPOL
RHI
DOW RHI (1945 UTC)
NPOL RHI (1955 UTC)
Cita.on
LWC
Spiral
DOW
RHI
Microphysical impact of K-H waves seen in NPOL with increased and deeper
high reflectivity over terrain; occurring under relatively higher ZDR aloft
DOW (1505 UTC)
NPOL
RHI
2DS_H
1505 UTC
Large aggregates
where Z increasing,
ZDR decreasing
with height
1508 UTC
1945 UTC
1949 UTC
1955 UTC
• 1945 UTC: Time of DOW RHI
above, ~3.5 km, -7°C, large
aggregates (increase Z,
decreasing ZDR)
• 1949 UTC: In between DOW and
NPOL RHIs above, ~5 km, -13°C,
aggregates, pristine stellars,
sectored plate (in region of
locally enhanced ZDR aloft)
• 1955 UTC: Time of NPOL RHI
above, ~5 km, -20°C, smaller,
irregular (low Z)
2DS_H Probe
Buffer width=1280 microns
Resolu+on: 10 microns
NPOL (1532 UTC)
Olympics from ISS
Cita.on
LWC