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Articles | Volume 18, issue 21
Articles | Volume 18, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8363-2025
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Model evaluation paper
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10 Nov 2025
Model evaluation paper |  | 10 Nov 2025

The spatial distribution of convective precipitation – an evaluation of cloud microphysics schemes with polarimetric radar observations

Gregor Köcher and Tobias Zinner

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Simulations of convective precipitation events with microphysics schemes of varying complexity are statistically evaluated against polarimetric radar observations. Convective precipitation is potentially hazardous and difficult to predict. Cloud microphysics schemes contribute significantly to this uncertainty. Depending on the microphysics used, the simulated precipitation distribution varies significantly. The main reason for these differences are the underlying rain drop size distributions.
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