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Research article
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09 Feb 2022
Research article |
| 09 Feb 2022
| 09 Feb 2022
Synergistic radar and sub-millimeter radiometer retrievals of ice hydrometeors in mid-latitude frontal cloud systems
Simon Pfreundschuh
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Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
Stuart Fox
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, United Kingdom
Patrick Eriksson
Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
David Duncan
ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, United Kingdom
Stefan A. Buehler
Meteorologisches Institut, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Centrum für Erdsystem und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Manfred Brath
Meteorologisches Institut, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Centrum für Erdsystem und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Richard Cotton
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, United Kingdom
Florian Ewald
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Pfaffenhofen, Germany
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We test a novel method to remotely measure ice particles in clouds. This is important because such measurements are required to improve climate and weather models. The method combines a radar with newly developed sensors measuring microwave radiation at very short wavelengths. We use observations made from aircraft flying above the cloud and compare them to real measurements from inside the cloud. This works well given that one can model the ice particles in the cloud sufficiently well.
We test a novel method to remotely measure ice particles in clouds. This is important because...
