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Doviak, R. J., V. Bringi, Z. Ryzhkov, A. Zahrai, and D. Zrnic, 2000: Considerations for polarimetric upgrades to operational WSR-88D radars. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 17, 257-278.
Gorgucci, E., G. Scarchilli, V. Chandrasekar, and V. N. Bringi, 2000: Measurement of mean raindrop shape from polarimetric radar observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3406-3413.
Hall, M. P. M., J. W. F. Goddard, and S. M. Cherry, 1984: Identification of hydrometeors and other targets by dual-polarization radar. Radio Sci., 19, 132-140.
Herzegh, P. H., and A. R. Jameson, 1992: Observing precipitation through dual-polarization radar measurements. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 73, 1365-1374.
Istok, M. J., M. Fresch, Z. Jing, S. D. Smith, R. Murnan, A. Ryzhkov, J. Krause, M. Jain, P. Schlatter, J. Feree, B. R. Klein, D. Stein, G. Cate, and R. E. Saffle, 2009: WSR-88D dual polarization initial operational capabilities. (Conference abbreviation help!) Amer. Met. Soc., 15.5.
Jameson, A. R., 1985: Microphysical interpretation of multiparameter radar measurements in rain. Part III: Interpretation and measurement of propagation differential phase shift between orthogonal linear polarizations. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 607-614.
Knight, C. A., 2006: Very early formation of big, liquid drops revealed by ZDR in continental cumulus. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1939-1953.
Liu, H., and V. Chandrasekar, 2000: Classification of hydrometeors based on polarimetric radar measurements: Development of fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy systems, and In Situ verification. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, 140-164.
May, P. T., A. R. Jameson, T. D. Keenan, and P. E. Johnston, 2001: A comparison between polarimetric radar and wind profiler observations of precipitation in tropical showers. J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 1702-1717.
Meischner, P. F., V. N. Bringi, D. Heimann, and H. Holler, 1991: A squall line in southern Germany: Kinematics and precipitation formtion as deduced by advanced polarimetric and Doppler radar measurements. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 678-701.
Ryzhkov, A. V., and D. S. Zrnic, 1994: Precipitation observed in Oklahoma mesoscale convective systems with a polarimetric radar. J. Appl. Meteor., 33, 455-464.
Scott, R. D., P. R. Krehbiel, and W. Rison, 2001: The use of simultaneous horizontal and vertical transmissions for dual-polarization radar meteorological observations. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 18, 629-648.
Straka, J. M., D. S. Zrnic, and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2000: Bulk hydrometeor classification and quantification using polarimetric radar data: synthesis of relations. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 1341-1372.
Vivekanandan, J., D. S. Zrnic, S. M Ellis, R. Oye, A. V. Ryzhkov, and J. Straka, 1999: Cloud micryphysics retrieval using S-band dual-polarization radar measurements. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 381-388.
Zrnic, D. S., and A. V. Ryzhkov, 1999: Polarimetry for weather surveillance radars. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 389-406.
Data Quality
Friedrich, K., U. Germann, and P. Tabary, 2009: Influence of ground clutter contamination on polarimetric radar parameters. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26, 251-269.
Giangrande, S. E., and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2005: Calibration of dual-polarization radar in the presence of partial beam blockage. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 22, 1156-1166.
Lang, T. J., S. A. Rutledge, and J. L. Smith, 2004: Observations of quasi-symmetric echo patterns in clear air with the CSU-CHILL polarimetric radar. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 1182-1189.
Ryzhkov, A. V., 2007: The impact of beam broadening on the quality of radar polarimetric data. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 24, 729-744.
Ryzhkov, A. V., D. S. Zrnic, 2007: Depolarization in ice crystals and its effect on radar polarimetric measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 24, 1256-1267.
Zrnic, D. S., and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2004: Polarimetric properties of chaff. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 21, 1017-1024.
Supercells
Bluestein, H. B., M. M. French, R. L. Tanamachi, S. Frasier, K. Hardwick, F. Junyent, and A. L. Pazmany, 2007: Close-range observations of tornadoes in supercells made with a dual-polarization, X-band, mobile Doppler radar. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 1522-1543.
Frame, J., P. Markowski, Y. Richardson, J. Straka, and J. Wurman, 2009: Polarimetric and dual-Doppler radar observations of the Lipscomb County, Texas supercell thunderstorm on 23 May 2002. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 544-561.
Kumjian, M., and A. Ryzhkov, 2007: Polarimetric characteristics of tornadic and nontornadic supercell thunderstorms. Preprints, 33rd Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 206-208.
Kumjian, M. R., and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2008: Polarimetric signatures in supercell thunderstorms. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 1940-1960.
Kumjian, M. R., and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2008: Microphysical analysis of supercell rear-flank downdrafts using dual-polarization radar observations. (Help with conference abbreviation!!!) ERAD 2008
Kumjian, M. R., and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2009: Storm-relative helicity revealed from polarimetric radar measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 667-685
Loney, M. L., D. S. Zrnic, J. M. Straka, and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2002: Enhanced polarimetric radar signatures above the melting level in a supercell storm. J. Appl. Meteor., 41, 1179-1194.
Romine, G. S., D. W. Burgess, and R. B. Wilhelmson, 2008: A dual-polarization-radar-based assessment of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City area tornadic supercell. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2849-2870.
Ryzhkov, A., D. Burgess, D. Zrnic, T. Smith, and S. Giangrande, 2002: Polarimetric analysis of a 3 May 1999 tornado. Preprints, 21st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 515-518.
Van Den Broeke, M. S., J. M. Straka and E. J. Rasmussen, 2008: Polarimetric radar observations at low levels during tornado life cycles in a small sample of classic southern plains supercells. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 1232-1247.
Hail
Aydin, K., T. A. Seliga, V. Balaji, 1986: Remote sensing of hail with a dual linear polarization radar. J. Climate. Appl. Meteor., 25, 1475-1484.
Balakrishnan, N., and D. S. Zrnic, 1990: Use of polarization to characterize precipitation and discriminate large hail. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1525-1540.
Conway, J. W., and D. S. Zrnic, 1993: A study of embryo production and hail growth using dual-Doppler and multiparameter radars. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 2511-2528.
Depue, T. K., P. C. Kennedy, and S. A. Rutledge, 2007: Performance of the hail differential reflectivity (HDR) polarimetric radar hail indicator. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 46, 1290-1301.
Heinselman, P. L., and A. Rowe, 2005: Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar. Preprints, 32nd Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Albuquerque, NM, Amer. Met. Soc. P9R.16.
Heinselman, P. L., and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2006: Validation of polarimetric hail detection. Wea. Forecasting, 21, 839-850.
Hubbert, J. C., and V. N Bringi, 2000: The effects of three-body scattering on differential reflectivity signatures. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, 51-61.
Hubbert, J., V. N. Bringi, L. D. Carey, and S. Bolen, 1998: CSU-CHILL polarimetric radar measurements from a severe hail storm in eastern Colorado. J. Appl. Meteor., 37, 749-775.
Kennedy, P. C., and A. G. Detwiler, 2003: A case study of the origin of hail in a multicell thunderstorm using in situ aircraft and polarimetric data. J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 1679-1690.
Kennedy, P. C., S. A. Rutledge, W. A. Petersen, and V. N. Bringi, 2001: Polarimetric radar observations of hail formation. J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 1347-1366.
Microbursts
Wakimoto, R. M., and V. N. Bringi, 1988: Dual-polarization observations of microbursts associated with intense convection: The July 20 storm during the MIST project. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 1521-1539.
Algorithms
Giangrande, S. E., J. M. Krause, and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2008: Automatic designation of the melting layer with a polarimetric prototype of the WSR-88D radar. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 1354-1364.
Park, H, A. V. Ryzhkov, D. S. Zrnic, and K. Kim, 2009: The hydrometeor classification algorithm for the polarimetric WSR-88D: Description and application to an MCS. Wea. Forecasting, 24, 730-748.
Rainfall Estimation
Giangrande, S. E., and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2008: Estimation of rainfall based on the results of polarimetric echo classification. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 2445-2462.
Gorgucci, E., G. Scarchilli, V. Chandrasekar, and V. N. Bringi, 2001: ainfall estimation from polarimetric radar measurements: Composite algorithms immune to variability in raindrop shape-size relation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 18, 1773-1786.
Lee, G., 2006: Sources of errors in rainfall measurements by polarimetric radar: variability of drop size distibutions, observational noise, and variation of relationships between R and polarimetric parameters. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 23, 1005-1028.
Ryzhkov, A. V., S. E. Giangrande, and T. J. Schuur, 2005: Rainfall estimation with a polarimetric prototype of WSR-88D. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 502-515.
Ryzhkov, A. V., R. J. Schuur, D. W. Burgess, P. L. Heinselman, S. E. Giangrande, and D. S. Zrnic, 2005: The Joint Polarization Experiment: Polarimetric rainfall measurments and hydrometeor classification. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 809-824.
Ryzhkov, A. V., and D. S. Zrnic, 1996: Rain in shallow and deep convection measured with a polarimetric radar. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2989-2995.
Ryzhkov, A. V. and D. S. Zrnic, 1998: Polarimetric rainfall estimtion in the presence of anomalous propagation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 15, 1320-1330.
Ryzhkov, A., D. Zrnic, and R. Fulton, 2000: Areal rainfall estimates using differential phase. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 263-268.
Scharfenberg, K. A., D. J. Miller, T. J. Schuur, P. T. Schlatter, S. E. Giangrande, V. M. Melnikov, D. W. Burgess, D. L. Andra, M. P. Foster, and J. M. Krause, 2005: The Joint Polarization Experiment: Polarimetric radar in forecasting and warning decision making. Wea. Forecasting, 20, 775-788.
Williams, C. R., and P. T. May, 2008: Uncertainties in profiler and polarimetric DSD estimates and their relation to rainfall uncertainties. J. Amos. Oceanic Technol., 25, 1881-1887.
Winter Weather
Brandes, E. A., J. Vivekanandan, and R. Rasmussen, 2002: Rain-snow discrimination with polarimetric radar. 10th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteor., Portland, OR, 108-111.
Ryzhkov, A. V. and D. S. Zrnic, 1998: Discrimination between rain and snow with a polarimeric radar. J. Appl. Meteor., 37, 1228-1240.
Ryzhkov, A. V., D. S. Zrnic, and B. A. Gordon, 1998: Polarimetric method for ice water content determination. J. Appl. Meteor., 37, 125-134.
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