Abstract
Abstract The spatial and temporal evolution of supercooled water fields in ten wintertime storm systems occurring over the northern Colorado Rocky Mountain region have been examined using data collected by the recently developed scanning dual-channel microwave radiometer. These data were supported by several independent datasets including vertically pointing radar data, mountaintop liquid water content measurements, low and high altitude measurements of crystal rime characteristic rawinsonde data and precipitation intensity measurements. The ten case studies discussed in this paper represent various stages in the synoptic scale evolution of storms that affect the northern Colorado Rockies. Liquid water was found to occur in nearly all stages of most of these storms. The temporal variations in the magnitude of the liquid water content were significant. Three common features concerning the evolution of the liquid water field were observed in the prefrontal cloud systems: 1) an inverse relationship between p...
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