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Reproducing cloud microphysical and irradiance measurements using three 3D cloud generators

, 2007
Using three cloud generators, three-dimensional (3D) cloud fields are reproduced from microphysical cloud data measured in situ by aircraft. The generated cloud fields are used as input to a 3D radiative transfer model to calculate the corresponding ...
Ronald Scheirer, Victor Venema, Manfred Wendisch, Francesca Di Giuseppe, Pilewskie, Peter, K Sebastian Schmidt, Schmidt, Sebastian, Di Giuseppe, Francesca, Venema, Victor, Peter Pilewskie, Wendisch, Manfred, Scheirer, Ronald   +11 more
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Changes in Daytime Cirrus Properties From the ISCCP‐H Data Set and Their Impacts on the Radiation Energy Budget

Earth and Space Science
The change in clouds during the day is critical to the Earth's energy balance and climatic evolution. However, there have been relatively few studies on cloud variations at daily timescales, owing to limitations of ground‐ and satellite‐observations ...
Meihua Wang, Jing Su, Xinyi Han, Xingzhu Deng, Nan Peng, Lei Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of cloud‐scale vertical velocity on the contribution of homogeneous nucleation to cirrus formation and radiative forcing

Geophysical Research Letters, 2016
Ice nucleation is a critical process for the ice crystal formation in cirrus clouds. The relative contribution of homogeneous nucleation versus heterogeneous nucleation to cirrus formation differs between measurements and predictions from general ...
X. Shi, X. Liu
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Long-Range Transport of Water Channelized through the Southern Subtropical Jet

Atmosphere, 2018
In this study, an air mass (containing a cirrus cloud) was detected by light detection and ranging (lidar) above São Paulo (Brazil) in June 2007 and tracked around the globe, thanks to Lagrangian calculations as well as ground-based and satellite ...
Eliane G. Larroza, Philippe Keckhut, Jean-Luc Baray, Walter M. Nakaema, Hélène Vérèmes, Eduardo Landulfo, Davide Dionisi, Sergey Khaykin, François Ravetta   +8 more
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Lidar Observed Optical Properties of Tropical Cirrus Clouds Over Gadanki Region

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020
The presence of cirrus cloud has its impact on the earth’s radiation budget. In order to study the effect of cirrus clouds in the tropical regions, it is essential to understand, and characterize their optical properties.
Nellore Manoj Kumar, Kannan Venkatramanan   +1 more
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Terrestrial Analogs to Titan for Geophysical Research

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Saturn's moon Titan exhibits remarkable parallels to the Earth in many geophysical and geological processes not found elsewhere in the solar system at the present day. These include a nitrogen atmosphere with a condensible gas—methane—replacing the Earth's water, leading to an active meteorology with rainfall and surface manifestations ...
Conor A. Nixon, Samuel Birch, Audrey Chatain, Charles Cockell, Kendra K. Farnsworth, Peter M. Higgins, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Rosaly M. C. Lopes, Michael J. Malaska, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Kelly E. Miller, Catherine D. Neish, Olaf G. Podlaha, Jani Radebaugh, Lauren R. Schurmeier, Ashley Schoenfeld, Krista M. Soderlund, Anezina Solomonidou, Christophe Sotin, Nicholas A. Teanby, Tetsuya Tokano, Steven D. Vance   +21 more
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Is there a trend in cirrus cloud cover due to aircraft traffic? [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2005
Trends in cirrus cloud cover have been estimated based on 16 years of data from ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project). The results have been spatially correlated with aircraft density data to determine the changes in cirrus cloud ...
F. Stordal, F. Stordal, G. Myhre, G. Myhre, E. J. G. Stordal, W. B. Rossow, D. S. Lee, D. W. Arlander, D. W. Arlander, T. Svendby   +9 more
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Optical properties of pristine ice crystals in mid-latitude cirrus clouds: a case study during CIRCLE-2 experiment [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2011
In this paper, we describe in situ observations of mid-latitude cirrus cloud band carried out on 16 May 2007 during the CIRCLE-2 experiment. The Polar Nephelometer and the Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) instruments with PMS FSSP-300 and 2D-C probes were ...
J.-F. Gayet, G. Mioche, V. Shcherbakov, C. Gourbeyre, R. Busen, A. Minikin   +5 more
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Can ERA5 Be Used to Study Mesoscale Convective System Climatological Characteristics?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 10, 28 May 2026.
Abstract Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) produce more than half of tropical rainfall and are central to the global hydrologic cycle. As the climate warms, environments favorable for MCSs may become more common; however, limited observational records hamper understanding of how MCSs respond to variations and changes in their environments.
Stella Heflin, Zhe Feng, L. Ruby Leung, Qiang Fu   +3 more
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Cloud Thermodynamic Phase Retrievals From Simultaneous Shortwave Infrared Multi‐Angle Polarization Measurements

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 10, 28 May 2026.
Abstract Accurate identification of cloud thermodynamic phases ‐warm water, supercooled water and ice—is essential for the global energy budget and hydrological cycle, and serves as a crucial prerequisite for retrieving cloud optical and microphysical parameters.
Haofei Wang, Xiaofeng Tan, Kentaroh Suzuki, Peng Zhang   +3 more
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