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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1211-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1211-2023
Research article
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09 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 09 Mar 2023

Climatology of estimated liquid water content and scaling factor for warm clouds using radar–microwave radiometer synergy

Pragya Vishwakarma, Julien Delanoë, Susana Jorquera, Pauline Martinet, Frederic Burnet, Alistair Bell, and Jean-Charles Dupont

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Cloud observations are necessary to characterize the cloud properties at local and global scales. The observations must be translated to cloud geophysical parameters. This paper presents the estimation of liquid water content (LWC) using radar and microwave radiometer (MWR) measurements. Liquid water path from MWR scales LWC and retrieves the scaling factor (ln a). The retrievals are compared with in situ observations. A climatology of ln a is built to estimate LWC using only radar information.