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Cirrus microphysics and radiative transfer: cloud field study on october 28, 1986
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ackerman, Thomas P. Valero, Francisco P. J. Sassen, Kenneth Spinhirne, James D. Kinne, Stefan Heymsfield, Andrew J. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | The radiative properties of cirrus clouds present one of the unresolved problems in weather and climate research. Uncertainties in ice particle amount and size and, also, the general inability to model the single scattering properties of their usually complex particle shapes, prevent accurate model predictions. For an improved understanding of cirrus radiative effects, field experiments, as those of the Cirrus IFO of FIRE, are necessary. Simultaneous measurements of radiative fluxes and cirrus microphysics at multiple cirrus cloud altitudes allows the pitting of calculated versus measured vertical flux profiles; with the potential to judge current cirrus cloud modeling. Most of the problems in this study are linked to the inhomogeneity of the cloud field. Thus, only studies on more homogeneous cirrus cloud cases promises a possibility to improve current cirrus parameterizations. Still, the current inability to detect small ice particles will remain as a considerable handicap. |
| File Size | 319976 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900018968 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0kt1kz66 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Climate Cirrus Clouds Atmospheric Models Scattering Weather Particle Size Distribution Ice Nuclei Meteorological Parameters Cloud Physics Radiance Radiative Transfer Inhomogeneity Microclimatology Altitude Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
