Determining cloud thermodynamic phase from the  polarized Micro Pulse Lidar

Lewis, Jasper R.; Campbell, James R.; Stewart, Sebastian A.; Tan, Ivy; Welton, Ellsworth J.; Lolli, Simone

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6901-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6901-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6901-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

Research article

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18 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 18 Dec 2020

Determining cloud thermodynamic phase from the polarized Micro Pulse Lidar

Jasper R. Lewis, James R. Campbell, Sebastian A. Stewart, Ivy Tan, Ellsworth J. Welton, and Simone Lolli

Data sets

MPLNET L15_CLD J. R. Lewis, J. R. Campbell, E. J. Welton, and P. C. Haftings https://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/out/data

Short summary

In this work, the authors describe a process to determine the thermodynamic cloud phase using the Micro Pulse Lidar Network volume depolarization ratio measurements and temperature profiles from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office GEOS-5 model. A multi-year analysis and comparisons to supercooled liquid water fractions derived from CALIPSO satellite measurements are used to demonstrate the efficacy of the method.