Comparison of cloud liquid water paths derived from in situ and microwave radiometer data taken during the SHEBA/FIREACE

Details Comparison of cloud liquid water paths derived from in situ and microwave radiometer data taken during the SHEBA/FIREACE Comparison of cloud liquid water paths derived from in situ and microwave radiometer data taken during the SHEBA/FIREACE

Mar 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28..975l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 6, p. 975-978

Physics

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud Physics And Chemistry, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Polar Meteorology, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Radiative Processes, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Remote Sensing

Scientific paper

Mean cloud liquid water path LWP derived from microwave measurements using the standard ARM retrieval technique is nearly twice as large as coincident in situ aircraft data taken over the SHEBA ice camp in the Arctic during FIREACE. Using an algorithm adopted from satellite remote sensing that more completely accounts for the temperature dependence of water absorption and atmospheric gas absorption result in a 25 to 45% reduction in LWP values relative to the standard ARM estimates. If possible precipitation cases are excluded, the mean results from the new technique differ by only 3% from the in situ data. Greater differences for heavier clouds may result from in situ probe uncertainties. This algorithm should provide accurate LWP retrievals for a variety of cloud conditions from the tropics to the highly supercooled Arctic clouds.

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