Polarized view of supercooled liquid water clouds
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- 作者：Mikhail D. Alexandrova ; b ; mda14@columbia.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Brian Cairnsb ; Bastiaan van Diedenhovenc ; b ; Andrew S. Ackermanb ; Andrzej P. Wasilewskid ; b ; Matthew J. McGillf ; John E. Yorksf ; Dennis L. Hlavkae ; f ; Steven E. Platnickf ; G. Thomas Arnolde ; f
- 关键词：Clouds ; Supercooled water ; Electromagnetic scattering ; Polarization ; Mie theory ; Rainbow ; Remote sensing
- 刊名：Remote Sensing of Environment
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：August 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：181
- 期：Complete
- 页码：96-110
- 全文大小：3089 K
文摘
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In supercooled liquid water clouds liquid droplets exist at temperatures below zero.
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Supercooled liquid water clouds present an aviation hazard through aircraft icing.
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Analysis of cloud observations by the Research Scanning Polarimeter is presented.
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Multimodal cloud droplet size distributions are retrieved and analyzed.
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Correlative lidar and IR airborne measurements are used to complement RSP data.