Open AccessFinal Report: Operational Retrieval of Cloud Microphysical Properties Using Combined Measurements by Diverse Instruments
Author(s) -
R. T. Austin
Publication year - 2008
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/933121
Subject(s) - microwave radiometer , liquid water path , remote sensing , radiometer , environmental science , cloud computing , microwave , liquid water , meteorology , radar , ice cloud , cloud physics , computer science , physics , geology , operating system , telecommunications , thermodynamics
The report on the final phase of the project describes improvements in the ice and liquid cloud retrieval algorithms due to the use of three-parameter particle size distributions in which all three parameters may vary with height, testing of the improved retrievals by comparisons of measured and calculated fluxes, and further improvement in liquid retrievals obtained by adding liquid water path information from the microwave radiometer to radar and visible optical depth information