Low-Level Polarimetric Radar Signatures in EnKF Analyses and Forecasts of the May 8, 2003 Oklahoma City Tornadic Supercell: Impact of Multimoment Microphysics and Comparisons with Observation

Figure 1

Radar reflectivity 𝑍 (left column, color fill, dBZ) and differential reflectivity 𝑍_DR (right column, color fill, dB) for (a) and (b) objective analysis of the 2.5 degree elevation scan from KOUN at approximately 2208 UTC May 8, 2003, (c) and (d) EnKF prior analysis mean for experiment 1 M, (e) and (f) 2 M, (g) and (h) 2 MSC, and (i) and (j) 3 M. For reference in the right column, 𝑍 is overlaid in black contours in 20 dBZ increments, starting at 10 dBZ.

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