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Articles | Volume 14, issue 10
Articles | Volume 14, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6885-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6885-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 10
Research article
 | 
26 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 26 Oct 2021

Retrieving microphysical properties of concurrent pristine ice and snow using polarimetric radar observations

Nicholas J. Kedzuf, J. Christine Chiu, V. Chandrasekar, Sounak Biswas, Shashank S. Joshil, Yinghui Lu, Peter Jan van Leeuwen, Christopher Westbrook, Yann Blanchard, and Sebastian O'Shea

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Ice clouds play a key role in our climate system due to their strong controls on precipitation and the radiation budget. However, it is difficult to characterize co-existing ice species using radar observations. We present a new method that separates the radar signals of pristine ice embedded in snow aggregates and retrieves their respective abundances and sizes for the first time. The ability to provide their quantitative microphysical properties will open up many research opportunities.
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