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contributor authorShupe, Matthew D.
contributor authorDaniel, John S.
contributor authorde Boer, Gijs
contributor authorEloranta, Edwin W.
contributor authorKollias, Pavlos
contributor authorLuke, Edward P.
contributor authorLong, Charles N.
contributor authorTurner, David D.
contributor authorVerlinde, Johannes
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:21:45Z
date available2017-06-09T16:21:45Z
date copyright2008/10/01
date issued2008
identifier issn0003-0007
identifier otherams-66473.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4207813
description abstractThe phase composition and microphysical structure of clouds define the manner in which they modulate atmospheric radiation and contribute to the hydrologic cycle. Issues regarding cloud phase partitioning and transformation come to bear directly in mixed-phase clouds, and have been difficult to address within current modeling frameworks. Ground-based, remote-sensing observations of mixed-phase clouds can contribute a significant body of knowledge with which to better understand, and thereby more accurately model, clouds and their phase-defining processes. Utilizing example observations from the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE), which occurred at the Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program's Climate Research Facility in Barrow, Alaska, during autumn 2004, we review the current status of ground-based observation and retrieval methods used in characterizing the macrophysical, microphysical, radiative, and dynamical properties of stratiform mixed-phase clouds. In general, cloud phase, boundaries, ice properties, liquid water path, optical depth, and vertical velocity are available from a combination of active and passive sensors. Significant deficiencies exist in our ability to vertically characterize the liquid phase, to distinguish ice crystal habits, and to understand aerosol?cloud interactions. Further validation studies are needed to evaluate, improve, and expand our retrieval abilities in mixed-phase clouds.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleA Focus On Mixed-Phase Clouds
typeJournal Paper
journal volume89
journal issue10
journal titleBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
identifier doi10.1175/2008BAMS2378.1
journal fristpage1549
journal lastpage1562
treeBulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2008:;volume( 089 ):;issue: 010
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