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Comparison of cloud microphysical parameters derived from surface and satellite measurements during fire phase 2
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Minnis, Patrick Intrieri, Janet M. Snider, Jack Young, David F. Uttal, Taneil Matrosov, Sergey |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | Cloud microphysical properties are an important component in climate model parameterizations of water transport, cloud radiative exchange, and latent heat processes. Estimation of effective cloud particle size, liquid or ice water content, and optical depth from satellite-based instrumentation is needed to develop a climatology of cloud microphysical properties and to better understand and model cloud processes in atmospheric circulation. These parameters are estimated from two different surface data sets taken at Coffeyville, Kansas, during the First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Phase-2 Intensive Field Observation (IFO) period (November 13 - December 7, 1991). Satellite data can also provide information about optical depth and effective particle size. This paper explores the combination of the FIRE-2 surface and satellite data to determine each of the cloud microphysical properties. |
| File Size | 304937 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940017833 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4km46v31 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1993-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Water Atmospheric Circulation Climatology Latent Heat Climate Atmospheric Models Estimating Satellite Observation Atmospheric Moisture Climate Models Atmospheric Sounding Parameterization Ice Clouds Cloud Physics Moisture Content Satellite Sounding Clouds Meteorology Optical Thickness Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |