Articles | Volume 8, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1913-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1913-2015
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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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.