Effects of clouds on limb radiative transfer in the infrared

Details Effects of clouds on limb radiative transfer in the infrared Effects of clouds on limb radiative transfer in the infrared

Apr 2003

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EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #2291

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A forward model (known as McClouds_FM; the Monte carlo Cloud scattering Forward Model) is developed to predict the influence of cirrus clouds on radiances measured by an infrared limb sounding instrument e.g. MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer Passive Atmospheric Sounder). Areverse method three-dimensional Monte Carlo transfer model is combined with a forward model for radiative transfer through the non-cloudy atmosphere (i.e. the RFM; Reference Forward Model to explicitly account for the effects of multiple scattering by the clouds. The ice cloud microphysics are characterised by a size distribution of randomly oriented ice aggregate crystals, with the single scattering properties of the distribution obtained from T-matrix calculations. McClouds_FM can also be adapted to simulate multiple scattering by water clouds by characterising the cloud microphysics by a size distribution of spheroids and using single scattering properties calculated using Mie theory. Initial results are presented comparing McCloudS_FM simulations and real MIPAS spectra of cirrus showing good agreement. Of particular interest are several noticeable spectral features (i.e. inverted H_2O lines) in the data which are replicated in the simulations and can only be explained by tropospheric radiation scattered into the line of sight by the cloud ice particles. McClouds_FM will be used in a retrieval scheme to determine cloud optical properties from both MIPAS and HIRDLS (HIgh Resolution Dynamic Limb Sounder) infrared limb observations.
The RFM was developed by Dr Anu Dudhia at the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford - http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/RFM)

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