Technique for comparison of backscatter coefficients derived from in situ cloud probe measurements with concurrent airborne lidar

Wagner, Shawn Wendell; Delene, David James

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6447-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6447-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6447-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 21

Research article

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11 Nov 2022

Research article |

| 11 Nov 2022

Technique for comparison of backscatter coefficients derived from in situ cloud probe measurements with concurrent airborne lidar

Shawn Wendell Wagner and David James Delene

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6447-2022-supplement

Data sets

Analysis of Concurrent Backscatter Coefficients from In-situ Cloud Probes and Airborne Lidar Shawn Wagner and David Delene https://doi.org/10.31356/data015

Model code and software

Software for OAP Data Analysis Version 2 Aaron Bansemer https://github.com/abansemer/soda2

Airborne data processing and analysis software package David Delene https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-010-0061-4

MiePlot Philip Laven http://www.philiplaven.com/mieplot.htm

OID Analysis Version 1 Shawn Wagner and David Delene https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3740798

Airborne Data Processing and Analysis Software Package (Version 3981) David Delene, Andrew Skow, Joseph O'Brien, Nicholas Gapp, Shawn Wagner, Kurt Hibert, Kendra Sand, and Greg Sova https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3733448

Airborne Data Processing Analysis Files D. Delene, A. Neumann, J. O'Brien, and N. Gapp https://sourceforge.net/projects/adpaa/files/

Short summary

Jet engine power loss due to ice accumulation is a hazard in high-altitude clouds. A potential tool for informing pilots when entering such clouds is an onboard lidar system. Lidar and wing-mounted probe backscatter coefficients agree within uncertainties for liquid clouds but not for ice clouds. The lidar measurements are correlated with total water content over a broad range of environments, which indicates that the lidar system is useful for detecting hazardous ice cloud conditions.