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RISInvestigation of the Vertical Structure of Warm-Cloud Microphysical Properties Using the Cloud Evolution Diagram, CFODD, Simulated by a Three-Dimensional Spectral Bin Microphysical Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his paper investigates the vertical structure of warm-cloud microphysical properties using a three-dimensional (3D) spectral bin microphysical model. A time series of contoured frequency by optical depth diagrams (CFODDs), ...
Evaluation of Variation in Surface Solar Irradiance and Clustering of Observation Stations in Japan
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ariation in surface solar irradiance is investigated using ground-based observation data. The solar irradiance analyzed in this paper is scaled by the solar irradiance at the top of the atmosphere and is thus dimensionless. ...
A Global Determination of Cloud Microphysics with AVHRR Remote Sensing
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An algorithm is developed for determining the cloud optical thickness and effective particle radius simultaneously on a global scale using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) multispectral radiance data. In ...
A Study of Microphysical Mechanisms for Correlation Patterns between Droplet Radius and Optical Thickness of Warm Clouds with a Spectral Bin Microphysics Cloud Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study investigates the correlation patterns between cloud droplet effective radius (CDR) and cloud optical thickness (COT) of warm clouds with a nonhydrostatic spectral bin microphysics cloud model. Numerical experiments ...
Interpretation of Multiwavelength-Retrieved Droplet Effective Radii for Warm Water Clouds in Terms of In-Cloud Vertical Inhomogeneity by Using a Spectral Bin Microphysics Cloud Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study examines the impact of in-cloud vertical inhomogeneity on cloud droplet effective radii (CDERs) of water-phase cloud retrieved from 1.6-, 2.1-, and 3.7-?m-band measurements (denoted by r1.6, r2.1, and r3.7, ...
Droplet Growth in Warm Water Clouds Observed by the A-Train. Part I: Sensitivity Analysis of the MODIS-Derived Cloud Droplet Sizes
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study examines the sensitivity of the retrieved cloud droplet radii (CDR) to the vertical inhomogeneity of droplet radii, including the existence of a drizzle mode in clouds. The focus of this study is warm water-phase ...
Droplet Growth in Warm Water Clouds Observed by the A-Train. Part II: A Multisensor View
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Hydrometeor droplet growth processes are inferred from a combination of Aqua/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) cloud particle size observations and CloudSat/Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) observations of ...
Particle Growth and Drop Collection Efficiency of Warm Clouds as Inferred from Joint CloudSat and MODIS Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study describes an approach for combining CloudSat and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite observations to investigate the microphysical processes of warm clouds on the global scale. MODIS ...
Diagnosis of the Warm Rain Process in Cloud-Resolving Models Using Joint CloudSat and MODIS Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study examines the warm rain formation process in global and regional cloud-resolving models. Methodologies developed to analyze CloudSat and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite observations ...
Remotely Sensed Microphysical and Thermodynamic Properties of Nonuniform Water Cloud Fields
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Visible and near-infrared reflected radiances have been used to estimate the cloud optical depth and effective radius of cloud-filled global area coverage (GAC) pixels from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ...