A depolarisation lidar-based method for the determination of  liquid-cloud microphysical properties

Donovan, D. P.; Klein Baltink, H.; Henzing, J. S.; de Roode, S. R.; Siebesma, A. P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-237-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-237-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-237-2015

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

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

Research article

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12 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 12 Jan 2015

A depolarisation lidar-based method for the determination of liquid-cloud microphysical properties

D. P. Donovan, H. Klein Baltink, J. S. Henzing, S. R. de Roode, and A. P. Siebesma

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RC C3921: 'On A depolarisation Lidar based Method....Donovan et al.', Gilles Roy, 24 Nov 2014
- AC C4100: 'Reply to reviewer (G. Roy)', David Donovan, 05 Dec 2014
RC C3972: 'Review of Donovan et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Nov 2014
- AC C4101: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer 1.', David Donovan, 05 Dec 2014

Short summary

Stratocumulus clouds are important for weather and climate. They contain relatively little water but are optically thick enough to turn sunny days to grey and globally they have a strong impact on the Earth's energy budget. A new lidar (laser-radar) technique has been developed that is well suited for remotely measuring stratocumulus properties in the important cloud-based region. The technique can supply information that is difficult or impossible for other remote-sensing methods to provide.