Microphysical and optical properties of precipitating drizzle and ice particles obtained from alternated lidar and in situ measurements
During the international ASTAR experiment (Arctic Study of Aerosols, Clouds and Radiation) carried out from Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen) from 10 May to 11 June 2004, the AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute) Polar 2 aircraft was equipped with a unique combination of remote and in situ instruments. The airbor...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:95601e0742e04545ad1499faf6ceb017 2023-05-15T13:15:43+02:00 Microphysical and optical properties of precipitating drizzle and ice particles obtained from alternated lidar and in situ measurements J.-F. Gayet I. S. Stachlewska O. Jourdan V. Shcherbakov A. Schwarzenboeck R. Neuber 2007-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-25-1487-2007 https://doaj.org/article/95601e0742e04545ad1499faf6ceb017 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://www.ann-geophys.net/25/1487/2007/angeo-25-1487-2007.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/0992-7689 https://doaj.org/toc/1432-0576 doi:10.5194/angeo-25-1487-2007 0992-7689 1432-0576 https://doaj.org/article/95601e0742e04545ad1499faf6ceb017 Annales Geophysicae, Vol 25, Pp 1487-1497 (2007) Science Q Physics QC1-999 Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 article 2007 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-25-1487-2007 2022-12-31T13:45:11Z During the international ASTAR experiment (Arctic Study of Aerosols, Clouds and Radiation) carried out from Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen) from 10 May to 11 June 2004, the AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute) Polar 2 aircraft was equipped with a unique combination of remote and in situ instruments. The airborne AMALi lidar provided downward backscatter and Depolarisation ratio profiles at 532 nm wavelength. The in situ instrumental setup comprised a Polar Nephelometer, a Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) as well as a Nevzorov and standard PMS probes to measure cloud particle properties in terms of scattering characteristics, particle morphology and size, and in-cloud partitioning of ice/water content. The objective of the paper is to present the results of a case study related to observations with ice crystals precipitating down to supercooled boundary-layer stratocumulus. The flight pattern was predefined in a way that firstly the AMALi lidar probed the cloud tops to guide the in situ measurements into a particular cloud formation. Three kinds of clouds with different microphysical and optical properties have therefore been quasi-simultaneously observed: (i) water droplets stratiform-layer, (ii) drizzle-drops fallstreak and (iii) precipitating ice-crystals from a cirrus cloud above. The signatures of these clouds are clearly evidenced from the in situ measurements and from the lidar profiles in term of backscatter and Depolarisation ratio. Accordingly, typical lidar ratios, i.e., extinction-to-backscatter ratios, are derived from the measured scattering phase function combined with subsequent particle shapes and size distributions. The backscatter profiles can therefore be retrieved under favourable conditions of low optical density. From these profiles extinction values in different cloud types can be obtained and compared with the direct in situ measurements. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alfred Wegener Institute Arctic Longyearbyen Spitsbergen Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Longyearbyen Annales Geophysicae 25 7 1487 1497 |
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During the international ASTAR experiment (Arctic Study of Aerosols, Clouds and Radiation) carried out from Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen) from 10 May to 11 June 2004, the AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute) Polar 2 aircraft was equipped with a unique combination of remote and in situ instruments. The airborne AMALi lidar provided downward backscatter and Depolarisation ratio profiles at 532 nm wavelength. The in situ instrumental setup comprised a Polar Nephelometer, a Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) as well as a Nevzorov and standard PMS probes to measure cloud particle properties in terms of scattering characteristics, particle morphology and size, and in-cloud partitioning of ice/water content. The objective of the paper is to present the results of a case study related to observations with ice crystals precipitating down to supercooled boundary-layer stratocumulus. The flight pattern was predefined in a way that firstly the AMALi lidar probed the cloud tops to guide the in situ measurements into a particular cloud formation. Three kinds of clouds with different microphysical and optical properties have therefore been quasi-simultaneously observed: (i) water droplets stratiform-layer, (ii) drizzle-drops fallstreak and (iii) precipitating ice-crystals from a cirrus cloud above. The signatures of these clouds are clearly evidenced from the in situ measurements and from the lidar profiles in term of backscatter and Depolarisation ratio. Accordingly, typical lidar ratios, i.e., extinction-to-backscatter ratios, are derived from the measured scattering phase function combined with subsequent particle shapes and size distributions. The backscatter profiles can therefore be retrieved under favourable conditions of low optical density. From these profiles extinction values in different cloud types can be obtained and compared with the direct in situ measurements. |
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Microphysical and optical properties of precipitating drizzle and ice particles obtained from alternated lidar and in situ measurements |
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Microphysical and optical properties of precipitating drizzle and ice particles obtained from alternated lidar and in situ measurements |
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Microphysical and optical properties of precipitating drizzle and ice particles obtained from alternated lidar and in situ measurements |
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Microphysical and optical properties of precipitating drizzle and ice particles obtained from alternated lidar and in situ measurements |
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Microphysical and optical properties of precipitating drizzle and ice particles obtained from alternated lidar and in situ measurements |
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microphysical and optical properties of precipitating drizzle and ice particles obtained from alternated lidar and in situ measurements |
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