Potential of using spaceborne millimeter wavelength radar for ice cloud studies

Sergey Y. Matrosov; David Atlas; Andrew J. Heymsfield; Robert A. Kropfli

doi:10.1117/12.196664

Potential of using spaceborne millimeter wavelength radar for ice cloud studies

Sergey Y. Matrosov
, David Atlas
, Andrew J. Heymsfield
, Robert A. Kropfli

Dynamical and Physical Meteorology

University of Colorado Boulder
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Abstract

Possibilities of remote sensing of cirrus cloud ice mass content using spaceborne millimeter wavelength radar are analyzed. It is shown that measurements of radar reflectivity alone are generally insufficient to get unambiguous estimates of ice mass content. Ice mass content - radar reflectivity relationships, which are usually used for such estimates are sensitive to observational and meteorological conditions. Potential accuracy of these estimates can be significantly improved if independent information about characteristic cloud particle sizes is used.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	84-88
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	2309
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.196664
State	Published - Dec 23 1994
Event	Passive Infrared Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere II 1994 - Rome, Italy Duration: Sep 26 1994 → Sep 30 1994

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