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Research demonstrates that the outcomes of convective precipitation simulations are profoundly influenced by the choice between single or double-moment schemes for ice precipitation particles and the categorization of rimed ice. The advancement of dual-polarization radar has enriched the comparative validation of these simulations. This study simulated a convective event in Guangdong, China, from May 7 to 8, 2017, employing two bulk microphysical schemes (Morrison and WDM6) in the WRF v4.2 model. Each scheme was divided into two versions: one representing rimed ice particles as graupel (Mor_G, WDM6_G) and the other as hail (Mor_H, WDM6_H). The simulation results indicated negligible differences between the rimed ice set as graupel or hail particles, for both schemes. However, the Morrison schemes (Mor_G, Mor_H) depicted a more accurate raindrop size distribution below the 0 \u00b0C height level. A further analysis suggested that disparities between the Morrison and WDM6 schemes could be attributed to the intercept parameter (N0) setting for snow and graupel\/hail in WDM6 scheme. The prescribed snow and graupel\/hail N0 of WDM6 scheme might influence the melting processes, leading to a higher number concentration but a reduced mass-weighted diameter of raindrops. Reducing the intercept parameter for snow and graupel\/hail in the WDM6 scheme could potentially enhance the simulation of convective precipitation. Conversely, the increase in N0 might deteriorate the precipitation simulation performance of the WDM6_G scheme, whereas the WDM6_H scheme exhibits minimal sensitivity to such changes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16193749","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,9]],"date-time":"2024-10-09T07:39:52Z","timestamp":1728459592000},"page":"3749","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Comparison of the Morrison and WDM6 Microphysics Schemes in the WRF Model for a Convective Precipitation Event in Guangdong, China, Through the Analysis of Polarimetric Radar Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Xiaolong","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"China Meteorological Administration Aerosol-Cloud and Precipitation Key Laboratory, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"},{"name":"College of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9699-3788","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaoli","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China Meteorological Administration Aerosol-Cloud and Precipitation Key Laboratory, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"},{"name":"College of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"210","DOI":"10.1016\/j.atmosres.2014.08.007","article-title":"Severe Convective Storms in the European Societal Context","volume":"158\u2013159","author":"Doswell","year":"2015","journal-title":"Atmos. 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