Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3406808m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 6, CiteID L06808
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud Physics And Chemistry, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud/Radiation Interaction, Atmospheric Processes: Clouds And Aerosols, Atmospheric Processes: Convective Processes
Scientific paper
This paper presents results from ground-based remote sensing of optical properties of shallow convective clouds over the Nauru ARM site using the technique developed by McFarlane et al. (2002). Herein, the results of a pilot study are presented with analysis of about six months of cloud data. The effective radius r e shows large spatial variability, with the frequency of occurrence relatively narrow near the cloud base, and gradually widening aloft. Available column data for LWC and r e allow derivation of the pdf of the optical thickness τ. The pdf shows that clouds with τ in the range 5 to 10 are most frequent, but there is a long tail with clouds up to τ = 100. These results are discussed in the context of traditional observations of cloud microstructure using an instrumented aircraft.
Grabowski Wojciech W.
McFarlane S. A.
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