Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4217-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4217-2018
Research article
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18 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 18 Jul 2018

All-sky information content analysis for novel passive microwave instruments in the range from 23.8 to 874.4 GHz

Verena Grützun, Stefan A. Buehler, Lukas Kluft, Jana Mendrok, Manfred Brath, and Patrick Eriksson

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The global observation of ice clouds is crucial because they are important factors in the climate system but still are amongst the greatest uncertainties for estimating the Earth's energy budget in a changing climate. However, reliable global long-term measurements are scarce. Using atmospheric model data from the ICON model in combination with the radiative transfer simulator ARTS we explore the potential of passive millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelength measurements to fill that gap.
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