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contributor authorSchmitt, C. G.
contributor authorHeymsfield, A. J.
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:18:38Z
date available2017-06-09T16:18:38Z
date copyright2007/12/01
date issued2007
identifier issn0022-4928
identifier otherams-65491.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4206721
description abstractCirrus clouds in mid- and high latitudes are frequently composed of bullet rosette? and column-shaped ice crystals, which can have hollow ends. Bullet rosette?shaped ice crystals are composed of a number of bullets radiating from a central point. Research has shown that the light-scattering properties of ice particles with hollow ends are different from the scattering properties of solid ice particles. Knowledge of the frequency of occurrence of hollow particles is important to more accurately calculate the radiative properties of cirrus clouds. This note presents the results of a survey of cirrus cloud ice crystal replicas imaged from balloon-borne Formvar (polyvinyl formal) replicators. Fifty percent to 80% of the replicated bullet rosette? and column-shaped particles had hollow ends. In bullets longer than 150 ?m in length, the length of the hollows of the bullets averaged 88% of the total length of the bullet. The combined length of both hollow portions of column-shaped ice crystals varied from 50% of the length of the column for 30-?m-long columns to 80% of the length of the columns longer than 200 ?m. Asymmetry parameter values estimated from cirrus cloud aircraft particle size distributions are higher by 0.014 when hollow crystals are considered. This difference leads to a 2.5 W m?2 increase for hollow crystals at the surface for a 0.5 optical depth cloud, demonstrating the importance of the incorporation of hollow particle scattering characteristics into radiative transfer calculations.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleOn the Occurrence of Hollow Bullet Rosette– and Column-Shaped Ice Crystals in Midlatitude Cirrus
typeJournal Paper
journal volume64
journal issue12
journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
identifier doi10.1175/2007JAS2317.1
journal fristpage4514
journal lastpage4519
treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;2007:;Volume( 064 ):;issue: 012
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