Abstract
Abstract We performed a detailed analysis of ground-based data to investigate changes in the morphological properties and particle size distribution of precipitation particles as they fall through the melting layer (ML). In July 2013, we started continuous precipitation monitoring in Sapporo (Japan) with a two-dimensional video disdrometer, an electrical balance–type snow gauge, and an X-band marine radar. We used data collected from 0943 to 1040 Japan standard time (JST) 10 March 2015 for analysis, when the bright band progressively descended to the ground surface and precipitation intensity was moderate and approximately steady (∼10 mm h−1). We found that the aggregation of aggregates in the upper half of the ML did not necessarily result in large raindrops. Almost all of the snow particles with a melted diameter (Dm) ≥ 4 mm broke up before they melted into raindrops of equivalent size. The apparent one-to-one relationship between melting snow particles and raindrops held for particles with 2 < Dm < 3 mm. Most small raindrops were generated by the successive breakup of melting particles in the lower half of the ML.
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