Measuring Hydrometeors Using a Precipitation Microphysical Characteristics Sensor: Sampling Effect of Different Bin Sizes on Drop Size Distribution Parameters

Table 6

Deviation of moment parameters between PMCS and OTT in different rain-rate.

Rain-rate mm/h	PMCS-OTT	M0	M1	M2	M3	M4	M5	M6
		0.63	0.67	0.76	0.78	0.73	0.63	0.52
	Bias	22.0%	20.5%	19.8%	22.2%	29.5%	42.7%	62.3%
	ab_bias	37.8%	34.1%	32.9%	35.8%	43.9%	57.8%	78.2%
		0.55	0.68	0.76	0.75	0.69	0.62	0.57
	Bias	2.9%	6.0%	8.9%	13.7%	21.8%	33.6%	49.1%
	ab_bias	26.7%	22.5%	22.6%	27.1%	36.0%	49.2%	66.8%
		0.34	0.54	0.69	0.76	0.74	0.71	0.67
	Bias	−10.1%	−2.9%	2.1%	8.2%	17.5%	31.1%	49.5%
	ab_bias	34.0%	24.0%	20.7%	22.4%	29.4%	41.5%	59.0%
		0.43	0.54	0.67	0.76	0.78	0.75	0.71
	Bias	−25.8%	−15.9%	−5.8%	6.7%	22.5%	41.9%	64.3%
	ab_bias	48.1%	34.1%	25.1%	23.2%	31.4%	47.0%	67.8%
All		0.66	0.81	0.90	0.92	0.91	0.88	0.82
	Bias	−1.7%	0.9%	4.0%	10.5%	21.8%	38.2%	59.1%
	ab_bias	36.7%	28.8%	24.7%	25.4%	32.9%	46.8%	66.4%