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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1537-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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Research article
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24 Mar 2015
Research article |
| 24 Mar 2015
Cloud thermodynamic phase detection with polarimetrically sensitive passive sky radiometers
K. Knobelspiesse
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
B. van Diedenhoven
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
A. Marshak
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
S. Dunagan
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
B. Holben
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
I. Slutsker
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Sigma Space Corporation, Lanham, MD, USA
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Short summary
We test if ground-based sun photometers/radiometers like those in the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) can use the polarization sensitivity of some instruments for improved cloud optical property retrieval. Our radiative transfer simulations show that the direction of linear polarization indicates cloud thermodynamic phase for optically thin clouds. In practice, data analysis shows a weak response with AERONET instruments, most likely due to noise and orientation/calibration ambiguity.
We test if ground-based sun photometers/radiometers like those in the Aerosol Robotic Network...
