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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1361-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1361-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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20 Mar 2015
Research article |
| 20 Mar 2015
A spectral method for discriminating thermodynamic phase and retrieving cloud optical thickness and effective radius using transmitted solar radiance spectra
University of Colorado, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA
now at: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
P. Pilewskie
University of Colorado, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA
K. S. Schmidt
University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA
O. Coddington
University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA
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Short summary
Cloud properties are obtained via transmitted light that has interacted with cloud particles throughout its vertical extent. To achieve this, we introduce a new retrieval based on spectrally resolved measurements. We used 15 parameters to quantify spectral features in transmitted light modulated by cloud optical thickness, effective radius, and thermodynamic phase. When applied to ground-based measurements, this method results in a closer match to measured spectra than two other methods.
Cloud properties are obtained via transmitted light that has interacted with cloud particles...
