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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-279-2022
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Evaluating cloud liquid detection against Cloudnet using cloud radar Doppler spectra in a pre-trained artificial neural network
Heike Kalesse-Los
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Meteorology, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Willi Schimmel
Institute for Meteorology, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Edward Luke
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
Patric Seifert
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
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Short summary
It is important to detect the vertical distribution of cloud droplets and ice in mixed-phase clouds. Here, an artificial neural network (ANN) previously developed for Arctic clouds is applied to a mid-latitudinal cloud radar data set. The performance of this technique is contrasted to the Cloudnet target classification. For thick/multi-layer clouds, the machine learning technique is better at detecting liquid than Cloudnet, but if lidar data are available Cloudnet is at least as good as the ANN.
It is important to detect the vertical distribution of cloud droplets and ice in mixed-phase...