Study of the microphysical structure of solid precipitation over Antarctica, with the aim to improve estimation algorithms based on active microwave sensors’ data.
Ice crystals collected in Antarctica
Analysis and estimates of precipitation rate by measuring power attenuation between backhaul antennas of mobile phone networks, to achieve high spatiotemporal resolution maps in an opportunistic way.
Comparison between Commercial Microwave Links (CML) precipitation estimates (b, f) and reference fields (a, e) (Roversi et al., 2020)
Experimental study of the efficacy of solid and liquid hydrometeors in aerosol scavenging, by means ofdisdrometric data and aerosol optical particles counters.
Parsivel2 disdrometer (right) and aerosol optical particles counters (OPC; on the left) on the DIFA rooftop
Research of cloud structures of the thunderclouds that produce Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGF) through multiplatform data analysis.
GCO-DPR Reflectivity vertical cross-section of a TGF producing thundercloud, with microwave brightness temperature profiles (Tiberia et al., 2021)