Physics – Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Scientific paper
2003-06-09
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 24, no. 2, pp. 129-134, 2000
Physics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Reviewed conference contribution
Scientific paper
10.1016/S1464-1909(99)00139-2
Using only lidar or radar an accurate cloud boundary height estimate is often not possible. The combination of lidar and radar can give a reliable cloud boundary estimate in a much broader range of cases. However, also this combination with standard methods still can not measure the cloud boundaries in all cases. This will be illustrated with data from the Clouds and Radiation measurement campaigns, CLARA. Rain is a problem: the radar has problems to measure the small cloud droplets in the presence of raindrops. Similarly, few large particles below cloud base can obscure the cloud base in radar measurements. And the radar reflectivity can be very low at the cloud base of water clouds or in large regions of ice clouds, due to small particles. Multiple cloud layers and clouds with specular reflections can pose problems for lidar. More advanced measurement techniques are suggested to solve these problems. An angle scanning lidar can, for example, detect specular reflections, while using information from the radars Doppler velocity spectrum may help to detect clouds during rain.
Apituley Arnoud
Lammeren Andre van
Ligthart Leo
Russchenberg Herman
Venema Victor
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