On the microwave optical properties of randomly oriented ice hydrometeors

Eriksson, P.; Jamali, M.; Mendrok, J.; Buehler, S. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1913-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1913-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1913-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 5

Research article

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05 May 2015

Research article |

| 05 May 2015

On the microwave optical properties of randomly oriented ice hydrometeors

P. Eriksson, M. Jamali, J. Mendrok, and S. A. Buehler

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RC C4581: 'Review of "On the microwave optical properies of randomly oriented ice hydrometeors" by Eriksson and coauthors', Alan Geer, 15 Jan 2015
- AC C5301: 'Response to comments by Alan Geer', Patrick Eriksson, 31 Mar 2015
RC C4675: 'Review of “On the microwave optical properties of randomly oriented ice hydrometeors” (amt-2014-387) by P. Eriksson, M. Jamali, J. Mendrok, and S. A. Buehler', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Jan 2015
- AC C5206: 'Answer to referee #2', Patrick Eriksson, 23 Mar 2015

Short summary

The optical properties of randomly oriented ice hydrometeors are reviewed from a perspective of microwave mass retrievals. The soft particle approximation is found to be highly problematic, and the alternative approach presented by Geer and Baordo (2014) should instead be used. We present a simplified version of this approach, and point out several critical limitations of existing DDA data.