Analysis of geostationary satellite-derived cloud parameters associated with environments with high ice water content

de Laat, Adrianus; Defer, Eric; Delanoë, Julien; Dezitter, Fabien; Gounou, Amanda; Grandin, Alice; Guignard, Anthony; Meirink, Jan Fokke; Moisselin, Jean-Marc; Parol, Frédéric

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1359-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1359-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1359-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Research article

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10 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 10 Apr 2017

Analysis of geostationary satellite-derived cloud parameters associated with environments with high ice water content

Adrianus de Laat, Eric Defer, Julien Delanoë, Fabien Dezitter, Amanda Gounou, Alice Grandin, Anthony Guignard, Jan Fokke Meirink, Jean-Marc Moisselin, and Frédéric Parol

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1359-2017-supplement

Data sets

Cloud-Aerosol-Water-Radiation Interactions ICARE Data and Services Center http://www.icare.univ-lille1.fr/projects/dardar

MSG Cloud Physical Properties (CPP) KNMI http://msgcpp.knmi.nl

xxx ADAGUC http://adaguc.knmi.nl/

Short summary

In-flight icing is an important aviation hazard which is still poorly understood, but consensus is that the presence of high ice water content is a necessary condition. For the European High Altitude Ice Crystals project a geostationary satellite remote-sensing mask has been developed for detection of atmospheric cloud environments where high ice water content is likely to occur. The mask performs satisfactory when compared against independent satellite ice water content measurements.