@article{fdi:010066279,
  title = {{C}haracterization of hydrometeors in {S}ahelian convective systems with an {X}-band radar and comparison with in situ measurements. {P}art {II} : a simple brightband method to infer the density of icy hydrometeors},
  author = {{A}lcoba, {M}. and {G}osset, {M}arielle and {K}acou, {M}. and {C}azenave, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {F}ontaine, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} simple scheme that is based on the shape and intensity of the radar bright band is used to infer the density of hydrometeors just above the freezing level in {S}ahelian mesoscale convective systems ({MCS}). {F}our {MCS} jointly observed by a ground-based {X}-band radar and by an instrumented aircraft as part of the {M}egha-{T}ropiques algorithm-validation campaign during {A}ugust 2010 in {N}iamey, {N}iger, are analyzed. {T}he instrumented aircraft (with a 94-{GH}z radar and various optical probes on board) provided mass-diameter laws for the particles sampled during the flights. {T}he mass-diameter laws derived from the ground-radar vertical profile of reflectivity ({VPR}) for each flight are compared with those derived from the airborne measurements. {T}he density laws derived by both methods are consistent and encourage further use of the simple {VPR} scheme to quantify hydrometeor density laws and their variability for various analyses (microphysical processes and icy-hydrometeor scattering and radiative properties).},
  keywords = {{C}loud microphysics ; {A}ircraft observations ; {M}icrowave observations ; {R}adars/{R}adar observations ; {I}ce particles ; {C}onvective storms ; {NIGER} ; {NIAMEY} ; {ZONE} {SAHELIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {A}pplied {M}eteorology and {C}limatology},
  volume = {55},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {251--263},
  ISSN = {1558-8424},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1175/jamc-d-15-0014.1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066279},
}