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Report on Session I.4 “Meteorological Phenomena andApplications”Conveners: K. Gage and D. RigginAbstract of Session: This session was concerned <strong>with</strong> recent developments in Doppler radarprofiling in the lower neutral atmosphere, especially studies of lower atmosphericphenomena made <strong>with</strong> pro<strong>file</strong>rs in combination <strong>with</strong> other instruments during fieldcampaigns. Topics included the assimilation of pro<strong>file</strong>r data in meteorological models,quality control of pro<strong>file</strong>r data, operational networks of pro<strong>file</strong>rs and the impact of pro<strong>file</strong>rdata on forecasting. Of special interest were studies that demonstrated the utility ofprofiling for quantifying the vertical structure of turbulence, humidity, cloud andprecipitation fields including drop size distributions and their variability.Five papers were presented in the first part of Session 1.4 which was chaired by Prof. D.N.Rao and Dr. K.S. Gage. The first paper was an invited presentation prepared by Dr. SteveKoch of the NOAA Forecast System Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Dr. Koch wasunable to attend the meeting but he had prepared a power point presentation which wasgiven by Ken Gage. Ken emphasized the parts of the presentation that documented thevalue of the NOAA pro<strong>file</strong>r network to forecasters. Ken also showed the results of studiesdocumenting the impact of NPN pro<strong>file</strong>r winds on the NOAA Rapid Update Cycle (RUC)mesoscale model. He noted the results that demonstrated the substantial contribution ofpro<strong>file</strong>r winds to the RUC model and the fact that pro<strong>file</strong>r winds complemented ACARSwinds. Following the presentation there was considerable discussion about the assimilationof pro<strong>file</strong>r winds into meteorological models. The second paper was presented by MoniquePetitdidier <strong>with</strong> co-authors V. Klaus and P. Tabary. The presentation showed thecontribution of pro<strong>file</strong>r wind measurements to the MESOSCALE ALPINE PROGRAM(MAP). Dr. Petitdidier focused on the contribution of pro<strong>file</strong>rs to the interpretation of thewind field analyzed from multiple scanning Doppler radars. The third presentation wasgiven by Y. Shibagaki <strong>with</strong> co-authors M. Yamanaka, M. Fukase et al. Dr. Shibagakishowed observations of winds and precipitating cloud structures observed by the MU radarduring Typhoon Orchid. He showed evidence for a field of outward propagating gravitywaves. The next paper was presented by Paul Johnston <strong>with</strong> co-authors L. Hartten, D.Carter and K. Gage. Mr Johnston showed that winds obtained by Pacific wind pro<strong>file</strong>rsshowed small systematic biases which were attributed to sampling issues related to a nonuniformgradient of reflectivity and different sampling volumes of collocated pro<strong>file</strong>rs. Mr.Johnston stressed the importance of using short pulses to resolve lower troposphericreflectivity structure as much as possible. The final paper of this part of the session waspresented by Dr. Hashiguchi <strong>with</strong> colleagues T. Seto, S. Fukao et al. Dr. Hashiguchidiscussed the importance of intraseasonal variability in the context of observations beingmade <strong>with</strong> the new EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERE RADAR (EAR) near Bukkittingi, onthe island of Sumatra in Indonesia.The second part of Session 1.4 was chaired by Dr. Dennis Riggin and Dr. D.N. Rao. Dr. K.Kishore Kumar <strong>with</strong> co-author A. Jain presented observations made <strong>with</strong> VHF and UHF27

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