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Articles | Volume 19, issue 21
Articles | Volume 19, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-7071-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-7071-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 21
Research article
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06 Nov 2026
Research article |  | 06 Nov 2026

A multimodal approach to derive cloud microphysics in deep convective clouds from polarized measurements of the cloudbow

Lea Volkmer, Leandro Dörfer, and Bernhard Mayer

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While cloud droplet size distributions (CDSDs) of shallow cumulus or stratiform clouds are often well described under the assumption of single mode (gamma) distributions, CDSDs exhibit a multimodal structure in the presence of drizzle or rain leading to biases in passive remote sensing retrievals. Here, we present a new approach to derive multimodal droplet size distributions from aircraft-based polarized measurements of the cloud-/rainbow using a superposition of multiple gamma distributions. 
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