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<br />Table 3. Relation of Iidar depolarization ratio 15 to properties of <br />backscattering hydrometeors <br /> <br />Range of 15 <br /> < 0.15 <br />0.2 :t .05 <br />0.3 :t .05 } <br />0.4 :t .05 <br />0.5 :t .05 <br />0.6 :t .05 <br />0.7 :t .05 <br /> <br />Interpretation <br /> <br />Primarily liquid cloud-base return; highly oriented ice <br />crystals <br /> <br />Water-dominated cloud layer; mostly oriented ice crystals <br /> <br />Weakly mixed-phase cloud; mixture of oriented and non- <br />oriented ice crystals <br /> <br />Unrimed snowflakes or randomly oriented unrimed ice <br />crystals <br /> <br />Lightly-to-moderately rimed ice particles; melting ice <br />particles <br /> <br />Graupel-like ice particles; severely melted snowflakes <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />------- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />