Remote Sensing of Ice Water Characteristics in Tropical Clouds Using Aircraft Microwave Measurements
- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
- Vol. 37 (4) , 337-355
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0337:rsoiwc>2.0.co;2
Abstract
An ice water path retrieval algorithm, using airborne Millimeter-Wave Imaging Radiometer brightness temperatures at 89, 150, and 220 GHz, is developed for tropical clouds. This algorithm is based on the results of radiative transfer model simulations, using in situ ice particle properties measured from aircraft as model inputs. The scattering signatures at the 150- and 220-GHz channels are the primary inputs into the algorithm, while 89-GHz data are used for determining the nonice background radiation. The ice water path is first calculated from each of the 150- and 220-GHz scattering signatures, and then a combination of the two channels is used for the final retrieval, based on the consideration of the different channel sensitivities to the magnitude of the ice water path. The algorithm is evaluated by comparing the retrieved with in situ measured ice water paths for seven cases observed during the Tropical Oceans Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE). Theo... Abstract An ice water path retrieval algorithm, using airborne Millimeter-Wave Imaging Radiometer brightness temperatures at 89, 150, and 220 GHz, is developed for tropical clouds. This algorithm is based on the results of radiative transfer model simulations, using in situ ice particle properties measured from aircraft as model inputs. The scattering signatures at the 150- and 220-GHz channels are the primary inputs into the algorithm, while 89-GHz data are used for determining the nonice background radiation. The ice water path is first calculated from each of the 150- and 220-GHz scattering signatures, and then a combination of the two channels is used for the final retrieval, based on the consideration of the different channel sensitivities to the magnitude of the ice water path. The algorithm is evaluated by comparing the retrieved with in situ measured ice water paths for seven cases observed during the Tropical Oceans Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE). Theo...Keywords
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