MoM-SIE scattering models of snow and ice hydrometeors based on 3D shape reconstructions from MASC images

We present scattering models of snow and ice hydrometeors and computation of full polarimetrie radar variables for winter precipitation using a higher order method of moments (MoM) in the surface integral equation (SIE) formulation. The studies of winter precipitation are based primarily on measurements by a multi-angle snowflake camera (MASC), reconstruction of 3D hydrometeor shapes by means of the visual hull method, MoM-SIE scattering computations, and measured polarimetric observables by CSU-CHILL Radar.