@article{fdi:010066031,
  title = {{A} comparison of airborne in situ cloud microphysical measurement with ground-based c-band radar observations in deep stratiform regions of {A}frican squall lines},
  author = {{D}rigeard, {E}. and {F}ontaine, {E}. and {W}obrock, {W}. and {S}chwarzenbock, {A}. and {D}uroure, {C}. and {W}illiams, {E}. {R}. and {R}ussell, {B}. and {P}rotat, {A}. and {D}elanoe, {J}. and {C}azenave, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {G}osset, {M}arielle},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study addresses clouds with significant ice water content ({IWC}) in the stratiform regions downwind of the convective cores of {A}frican squall lines in the framework of the {F}rench-{I}ndian satellite {M}egha-{T}ropiques project, observed in {A}ugust 2010 next to {N}iamey (13.5 degrees {N}, 2 degrees {E}) in the southwestern part of {N}iger. {T}he objectives included comparing the {IWC}-{Z} reflectivity relationship for precipitation radars in deep stratiform anvils, collocating reflectivity observed from ground radar with the calculated reflectivity from in situ microphysics for all aircraft locations inside the radar range, and interpreting the role of large ice crystals in the reflectivity of centimeter radars through analysis of their microphysical characteristics as ice crystals larger than 5 mm frequently occurred. {I}t was found that, in the range of 20-30 d{BZ}, {IWC} and {C}-band reflectivity are not really correlated. {C}loud regions with high {IWC} caused by important crystal number concentrations can lead to the same reflectivity factor as cloud regions with low {IWC} formed by a few millimeter-sized ice crystals.},
  keywords = {{S}quall lines ; {C}loud microphysics ; {I}ce crystals ; {A}ircraft observations ; {R}adars ; {R}adar observations ; {NIGER} ; {NIAMEY}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {A}pplied {M}eteorology and {C}limatology},
  volume = {54},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {2461--2477},
  ISSN = {1558-8424},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1175/jamc-d-14-0262.1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066031},
}