13:20  F3-1  MODELING ICE CRYSTALS AND AGGREGATES AND THEIR RADAR SCATTERING CHARACTERISTICS

Kultegin Aydin*¹, Giovanni Botta^1,2, Johannes Verlinde², Yinghui Lu², Eugene Clothiaux²

¹Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
²Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

13:40  F3-2  ACCURATE ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING OF MELTING HAIL

Elene Chobanyan*¹, Jelena Notaros², Chandrasekar V. Chandra¹, Branislav Notaros¹

¹Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
²University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

14:00  F3-3  USING DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION TO EXTEND THE DDSCAT UPPER LIMIT OF TARGET SIZE PARAMETER FOR HYDROMETEORS

Kwo-Sen Kuo*^1,2, Robert W. Numrich³, Thomas L. Clune²

¹Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
²NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
³The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York

14:20  F3-4  DUAL-POLARIZATION COMPUTATIONS OF SNOW AT VARIOUS RADAR FREQUENCIES

Jani Tyynela*¹, Venkatachalam Chandrasekar¹, Jussi Leinonen², Dmitri Moiseev³

¹Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
²Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
³Atmospheric sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

14:40  F3-5  FULL WAVE EM CALCULATION OF POLARIMETRIC VARIABLES FROM THE ATMOSPHERIC SCATTERERS WITH NONSPHEROIDAL SHAPE

Djordje Mirkovic*^1,2,3, Dusan Zrnic², Alexander Ryzhkov¹

¹CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
²NSSL, NOAA, Norman, OK
³School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

15:20  F3-6  EXPLORING VARIABILITY OF RADAR BACKSCATTERING CROSS SECTIONS OF DENDRITES

Yinghui Lu*¹, Eugene Clothiaux¹, Kultegin Aydin², Giovanni Botta^1,2, Johannes Verlinde¹

¹Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
²Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

15:40  F3-7  POSSIBLE COMBINATION OF MEASUREMENTS TO CHARACTERIZE SNOW

Venkatachalam Chandrasekar*, Jani Tyynela

Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO