Analysis and Cross Validation of a Hail Process Based on Two X-Band Dual Polarization Radar Observations

Abstract

In order to understand of physics process in the hailstorm, a hail event on August 9, 2019 had been analyzed by using the data collected of two X-band dual polarization radars located in Wuyuan County Meteorological Bureau and Ulansuhai Meteorological Observation Station in Bayan Nur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Hailstorm information recorded by 58 hail pads which were deployed in the experiment region were also used for the validation of the radar observation. The volume scan data of the Wuyuan radar is meshed by three-dimensional coordinates of longitude, latitude and altitude by vertical interpolation. In the common observation area, through comparing and validating the values of the polarization parameters on the crossover line to analyze the vertical structure characteristics of hail cloud. The results showed that the characteristics of hail observation data of the two radars in the same observation area are similar, Combining with two radar data can more completely obtain the hail information. The paper can provide relevant basis for the X-band dual polarization radar to the artificial hail suppression work in the Bayan Nur area.