Articles | Volume 25, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1245-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1245-2021
Research article
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12 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 12 Mar 2021

Evaluation of the dual-polarization weather radar quantitative precipitation estimation using long-term datasets

Tanel Voormansik, Roberto Cremonini, Piia Post, and Dmitri Moisseev

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (11 May 2020) by Laurent Pfister
AR by Tanel Voormansik on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 May 2020) by Laurent Pfister
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RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (07 Oct 2020)
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (22 Oct 2020) by Laurent Pfister
AR by Tanel Voormansik on behalf of the Authors (03 Dec 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (22 Dec 2020) by Laurent Pfister
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Jan 2021) by Laurent Pfister
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (25 Jan 2021)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Feb 2021) by Laurent Pfister
AR by Tanel Voormansik on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2021)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
A long set of operational polarimetric weather radar rainfall accumulations from Estonia and Italy are generated and investigated. Results show that the combined product of specific differential phase and horizontal reflectivity yields the best results when compared to rain gauge measurements. The specific differential-phase-based product overestimates weak precipitation, and the horizontal-reflectivity-based product underestimates heavy rainfall in all analysed accumulation periods.