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RISLife Cycle–Resolved Observation of Radiative Properties of Mesoscale Convective Systems
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
The Retrieval of Ice-Cloud Properties from Cloud Radar and Lidar Synergy
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Clouds are an important component of the earth?s climate system. A better description of their microphysical properties is needed to improve radiative transfer calculations. In the framework of the Earth, Clouds, Aerosols, ...
Comparison of Airborne and Spaceborne 95-GHz Radar Reflectivities and Evaluation of Multiple Scattering Effects in Spaceborne Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper provides an evaluation of the level 1 (reflectivity) CloudSat products by making use of coincident measurements collected by an airborne 95-GHz radar during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) ...
The Present and Future of the West African Monsoon: A Process-Oriented Assessment of CMIP5 Simulations along the AMMA Transect
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he present assessment of the West African monsoon in the models of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) phase 5 (CMIP5) indicates little evolution since the third phase of CMIP (CMIP3) in terms of both biases ...
Absolute Calibration of 94/95-GHz Radars Using Rain
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Absolute calibration of cloud radars is very difficult. A new method is proposed for 94/95-GHz radars that exploits the fact that at this frequency, the radar reflectivity factor of rain measured at a range of 250 m is ...
Diurnal and Seasonal Cycles of Cloud Occurrences, Types, and Radiative Impact over West Africa
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study focuses on the occurrence and type of clouds observed in West Africa, a subject that has been neither much documented nor quantified. It takes advantage of data collected above Niamey, Niger, in 2006 with the ...
Testing IWC Retrieval Methods Using Radar and Ancillary Measurements with In Situ Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Vertical profiles of ice water content (IWC) can now be derived globally from spaceborne cloud satellite radar (CloudSat) data. Integrating these data with Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation ...
Independent Evaluation of the Ability of Spaceborne Radar and Lidar to Retrieve the Microphysical and Radiative Properties of Ice Clouds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The combination of radar and lidar in space offers the unique potential to retrieve vertical profiles of ice water content and particle size globally, and two algorithms developed recently claim to have overcome the principal ...
Using Continuous Ground-Based Radar and Lidar Measurements for Evaluating the Representation of Clouds in Four Operational Models
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The ability of four operational weather forecast models [ECMWF, Action de Recherche Petite Echelle Grande Echelle model (ARPEGE), Regional Atmospheric Climate Model (RACMO), and Met Office] to generate a cloud at the right ...