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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2025-4381</article-id>
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<article-title>Retrieving Atmospheric Thermodynamic and Hydrometeor Profiles Using a Thermodynamic-Constrained Kalman Filter 1D-Var Framework Based on Ground-based Microwave Radiometer</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Qi</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chen</surname>
<given-names>Tian Meng</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1564-7013</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Guo</surname>
<given-names>Jian Ping</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8530-8976</ext-link>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Deng</surname>
<given-names>Bin</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shao</surname>
<given-names>Min</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6042-7960</ext-link>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Key Open Laboratory of Intelligent Meteorological Observation Technology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather Meteorological Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Jiangxi Weather Modification Center, Nanchang, 330000, China</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China</addr-line>
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<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Engineering Technology Research and Development Center, China Huayun Meteorological Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100081, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>29</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>30</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Qi Zhang et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<p>Ground-based microwave radiometers (GMWRs) provide continuous thermodynamic profiling but suffer from degraded accuracy under cloudy and precipitating conditions when using classical one-dimensional variational (1D-Var) retrievals. To address this, we develop a thermodynamic-constrained Kalman filter variational framework (TCKF1D-Var) that enforces moist-thermodynamic consistency through the use of virtual potential temperature as the control variable, employs a ratio-based cost function independent of prescribed background and observation error covariances, and integrates a diagnostic microphysics closure to represent liquid and ice water. Validation over 43 GMWR sites in North China, including seven with collocated radiosondes, shows that TCKF1D-Var systematically reduces temperature and humidity biases relative to ERA5 and 1D-Var, with the largest improvements above 2 km for temperature and below 5.5 km for humidity. Temperature root-mean-square errors remain comparable to ERA5 and lower than 1D-Var below 8.5 km, while humidity errors are improved near the surface though degraded in the mid-troposphere due to vertical-resolution mismatch and channel cross-talk. Evaluation against collocated EarthCARE cloud liquid water content profiles demonstrates that TCKF1D-Var yields the lowest biases and errors and best reproduces observed distributions, confirming the benefit of the microphysics constraint. Case analyses of short-duration heavy rainfall further show that TCKF1D-Var enhances precursor signals of convection, extending the effective lead time for early warning relative to ERA5 and substantially outperforming 1D-Var. These results highlight the value of embedding physical constraints and microphysical closure within GMWR retrievals, offering a practical pathway to improve continuous thermodynamic monitoring and support high-impact weather nowcasting.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
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