Abstract
Abstract The relationships between the mean Doppler terminal velocities VT of the hydrometeors with different phases and the range-corrected VHF backscatter P from the corresponding precipitation particles are investigated by using the Chung-Li VHF radar. The radar precipitation data employed for the analysis were taken from four independent experiments conducted on different weather conditions. They show that the observed α and β values in the power-law approximation VT = αPβ above the melting layer are generally smaller than those below the layer, while in the bright band the values of β (α) are enormously smaller (greater) than those above and below the bright band. Theoretical analysis shows that the mathematical relationship between α and β can be approximated very well by a simple exponential function, which is in excellent agreement with the observations. A new method for estimating the coefficient A and exponent B in the fall speed–diameter relationship V(D) = ADB with respect to still air on the ...
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