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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>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-2395</article-id>
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<article-title>CBAM-U-Net-Based Retrieval of Radar Composite Reflectivity from FY-4A Satellite Observations over Complex Terrain in Sichuan, China</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kang</surname>
<given-names>Wen</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Hao</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zeng</surname>
<given-names>Qiangyu</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yu</surname>
<given-names>Tiantian</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zheng</surname>
<given-names>Jiafeng</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Zhi</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>College of Atmospheric Sounding, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Wenjiang National Climatology Observatory, Sichuan Provincial Meteorological Service, Chengdu, 610072, China</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Tibetan Plateau Meteorology, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Chengdu, 610081, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>07</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>36</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Wen Kang et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>To address radar coverage blind spots in complex terrain, this study proposes an end-to-end deep learning framework to retrieve Radar Composite Reflectivity (RCRF) from FY-4A satellite multi-channel observations. We introduce CBAM-UNet, embedding a lightweight Convolutional Block Attention Module into a U-Net backbone. This dual-dimensional mechanism adaptively filters critical infrared spectral bands and precisely localizes intense convective cores. Evaluated on a comprehensively matched satellite-radar dataset (14,023 samples) from Sichuan Province (May&amp;ndash;November 2023), CBAM-U-Net significantly outperforms mainstream CNN and Transformer baselines in retrieval accuracy (RMSE = 6.8290 dBZ, &lt;em&gt;R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; = 0.6277) and structural fidelity (SSIM = 0.7894). Crucially, within the challenging severe echo regime (45&amp;ndash;70 dBZ), the model achieves optimal Probability of Detection (POD = 0.5296) and Critical Success Index (CSI = 0.4384). Furthermore, crosssensor evaluations using FY-4B data demonstrate its robust zero-shot generalization against observational domain shifts. This research highlights the efficacy of integrating satellite multispectral features with attention-augmented networks to compensate for radar blind spots, providing reliable support for severe convective weather monitoring.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>42575154</award-id>
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<funding-source>National Key Research and Development Program of China</funding-source>
<award-id>2023YFC3007501</award-id>
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<funding-source>Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Support Program</funding-source>
<award-id>2026NSFSCZY0088</award-id>
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<funding-source>China Meteorological Administration</funding-source>
<award-id>2024KLAS06M</award-id>
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