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RISA Midlatitude Cirrus Cloud Climatology from the Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing. Part III: Radiative Properties
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In Part III of a series of papers describing the extended time high-cloud observations from the University of Utah Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing (FARS) supporting the First International Satellite Cloud Climatology ...
Retrieval of Cirrus Cloud Radiative and Backscattering Properties Using Combined Lidar and Infrared Radiometer (LIRAD) Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method for retrieval of cirrus macrophysical and radiative properties using combined ruby lidar and infrared radiometer measurements is explained in detail. The retrieval algorithm includes estimation of a variable ...
Quantifying Diurnal Cloud Radiative Effects by Cloud Type in the Tropical Western Pacific
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: loud radiative effects are examined using long-term datasets collected at the U.S. Department of Energy?s three Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Climate Research Facilities in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. ...
Climatology and Formation of Tropical Midlevel Clouds at the Darwin ARM Site
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: 4-yr climatology of midlevel clouds is presented from vertically pointing cloud lidar and radar measurements at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) site at Darwin, Australia. Few studies exist of tropical ...
Cloud and Aerosol Research Capabilities at FARS: The Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Since October 1987, the University of Utah Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing (FARS) has been applied to the probing of the atmosphere, concentrating on the study of high?level clouds. Regular FARS measurements, which ...
The Occurrence of Particle Size Distribution Bimodality in Midlatitude Cirrus as Inferred from Ground-Based Remote Sensing Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ata collected in midlatitude cirrus clouds by instruments on jet aircraft typically show particle size distributions that have distinct distribution modes in both the 10?30-?m maximum dimension (D) size range and the ...
A Midlatitude Cirrus Cloud Climatology from the Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing. Part V: Cloud Structural Properties
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In this fifth of a series of papers describing the extended-time high cloud observation program from the University of Utah Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing, the structural properties of cirrus clouds over Salt Lake ...
Automated Retrieval of Cloud and Aerosol Properties from the ARM Raman Lidar. Part I: Feature Detection
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: feature detection and extinction retrieval (FEX) algorithm for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program?s (ARM) Raman lidar (RL) has been developed. Presented here is Part I of the FEX algorithm: the detection of ...
High-Cloud Horizontal Inhomogeneity and Solar Albedo Bias
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: High ice cloud horizontal inhomogeneity is examined using optical depth retrievals from four midlatitude datasets. Three datasets include ice cloud microphysical profiles derived from millimeter cloud radar at the Southern ...
Parameterization of Infrared Absorption in Midlatitude Cirrus Clouds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Employing a new approach based on combined Raman lidar and millimeter-wave radar measurements and a parameterization of the infrared absorption coefficient σa (km?1) in terms of retrieved cloud microphysics, a statistical ...