Characterization of Mixed-Phase Clouds: Contributions From the Field Campaigns and Ground Based Networks
| Autor: | Constantin Andronache |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Meteorology Field (physics) Weather and climate 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences Characterization (materials science) Geography Component (UML) Radiative transfer Parametrization (atmospheric modeling) Water cycle Representation (mathematics) Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing |
| DOI: | 10.1016/b978-0-12-810549-8.00005-2 |
| Popis: | Clouds and their associated microphysical processes regulate the atmospheric radiative transfer and the hydrological cycle. Mixed-phase clouds are an important component of the Earth cloud system, and their radiative effects are dependent on water phase partitioning. These clouds present particular challenges for observations and modeling, and their accurate representation in numerical models is essential for weather and climate simulations. The physical properties of mixed-phase clouds are derived mainly from aircraft observations, ground-based monitoring networks such as Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program and Cloudnet, and from satellites equipped with remote sensing instruments. This chapter presents a perspective on the main field experiments and ground-based networks during the last decades that resulted in improved characterization of mixed-phase clouds. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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