LIRAD Observations of Tropical Cirrus Clouds in MCTEX. Part I: Optical Properties and Detection of Small Particles in Cold Cirrus*

Autor:	Richard T. Austin, G. R. Patterson, C. M. R. Platt, Stuart A. Young, David L. Mitchell, S. D. Miller
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Atmospheric Science Ice cloud Lidar Radiometer Cloud height Depolarization ratio Cloud physics Environmental science Cirrus Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Optical depth Remote sensing
Zdroj:	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 59:3145-3162
ISSN:	1520-0469 0022-4928
Popis:	This paper presents further results on the optical properties of tropical and equatorial cirrus using the light detecting and ranging (lidar) radiometer (LIRAD) method. The results were obtained from observations in the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX). Values were obtained of cirrus cloud backscatter coefficient, infrared (IR) emittance, optical depth and absorption coefficient, cloud height and depth, and backscatter-to-extinction ratio. The values agree well with previous results obtained on equatorial cirrus in the Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment (PROBE) and extend those results to lower temperatures. Observations made of lidar linear depolarization ratio show similar trends to those observed in PROBE, extending those results to lower temperatures. Regressions of cloud IR emittance and absorption coefficients are performed as a preliminary tropical dataset for both cloud-resolving and climate models. These regressions are compared with previous regressions on midlatit...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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