The first microwave and submillimetre closure study using particle models of oriented ice hydrometeors to simulate polarimetric measurements of ice clouds

Abstract GHz, and a variety of in situ instruments. Of particular interest to this study are the large V–H polarised brightness temperature differences measured from ISMAR above a thick frontal ice cloud. Previous studies combining radar and passive submillimetre measurements have not considered polarisation differences. Moreover, they have assumed particle habits a priori. We aim to test whether the large V–H measurements can be simulated successfully by using an atmospheric model consistent with in situ microphysics. GHz. However, it was required that a proportion of the particles were changed in order to increase the V–H polarised brightness temperature differences. Thus, we incorporated millimetre-sized dendritic crystals, as these particles were observed in the probe imagery. At the second dual-polarised channel of 664 GHz, the brightness temperature depressions were generally simulated at the correct locations; however, the simulated V–H was too large. This work shows that multi-frequency polarisation information could be used to infer realistic particle shapes, orientations, and representations of the split between single crystals and aggregates within the cloud.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
The first microwave and submillimetre closure study using particle models of oriented ice hydrometeors to simulate polarimetric measurements of ice clouds ; volume:17 ; number:11 ; year:2024 ; pages:3533-3552 ; extent:20
Atmospheric measurement techniques ; 17, Heft 11 (2024), 3533-3552 (gesamt 20)

Urheber
McCusker, Karina
Baran, Anthony J.
Westbrook, Chris
Fox, Stuart
Eriksson, Patrick
Cotton, Richard
Delanoë, Julien
Ewald, Florian

DOI
10.5194/amt-17-3533-2024
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408051418105.268428699824
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Beteiligte

  • McCusker, Karina
  • Baran, Anthony J.
  • Westbrook, Chris
  • Fox, Stuart
  • Eriksson, Patrick
  • Cotton, Richard
  • Delanoë, Julien
  • Ewald, Florian

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