Multi-sensor analysis of convective activity in central Italy during the  HyMeX SOP 1.1

Roberto, N.; Adirosi, E.; Baldini, L.; Casella, D.; Dietrich, S.; Gatlin, P.; Panegrossi, G.; Petracca, M.; Sanò, P.; Tokay, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-535-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-535-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-535-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Research article

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17 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 17 Feb 2016

Multi-sensor analysis of convective activity in central Italy during the HyMeX SOP 1.1

N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, L. Baldini, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, P. Gatlin, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, and A. Tokay

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RC C3110: 'Comments on, "Multi-sensor analysis of convective activity in Central Italy during the HyMeX SOP 1.1", by N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, L. Baldini, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, P. Gatlin, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, P. Sano, and A Tokay', Evan Ruzanski, 23 Sep 2015
- AC C3631: 'Reply to Evan Ruzanski', N.R. Roberto, 28 Oct 2015
RC C3183: 'Reviewer comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Sep 2015
- AC C3632: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', N.R. Roberto, 28 Oct 2015
RC C3227: 'Revision of Roberto et al. 2015.', Anonymous Referee #3, 09 Oct 2015
- AC C3701: 'Reply to Reviewer #3', N.R. Roberto, 03 Nov 2015

Short summary

This study examines various microphysical properties of liquid and solid hydrometeors to investigate their relationship with lightning activity. Measurements were collected from the Polar 55C dual-polarization radar, a 2-DVD, and LINET. From the analysis of three significant case studies, linear relations between the total mass of graupel and the number of strokes were found. Results point out the key role of ice mass in determining the electrical charging of convective clouds.