FIRE Cirrus on October 28, 1986: LANDSAT; ER-2; King Air; theory [PDF]
A simultaneous examination was conducted of cirrus clouds in the FIRE Cirrus IFO-I on 10/28/86 using a multitude of remote sensing and in-situ measurements. The focus is cirrus cloud radiative properties and their relationship to cloud microphysics.
Arduini, Robert F. +6 more
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Cirrus microphysics and radiative transfer: Cloud field study on October 28, 1986 [PDF]
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 ...
Ackerman, Thomas P. +5 more
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Freezing thresholds and cirrus cloud formation mechanisms inferred from in situ measurements of relative humidity [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2003 Factors controlling the microphysical link between distributions of relative humidity above ice saturation in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere and cirrus clouds are examined with the help of microphysical trajectory simulations.
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Cirrus clouds and climate feedback: Is the sky falling and should we go tell the king [PDF]
It is widely believed that thin cirrus clouds act to enhance the greenhouse effect owing to a particular combination of their optical properties. It is demonstrated how this effect is perhaps based on inadequate resolution of the physics of cirrus clouds
Stephens, Graeme L.
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Cirrus, contrails, and ice supersaturated regions in high pressure systems at northern mid latitudes [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2008 During the European heat wave summer 2003 with predominant high pressure conditions we performed a detailed study of upper tropospheric humidity and ice particles which yielded striking results concerning the occurrence of ice supersaturated regions ...
D. Engelbart +4 more
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Observations of extremely thin clouds in the tropical tropopause region by a ship based lidar. [PDF]
, 2004 During the cruises ANT XVII/4 (Punta Arenas Bremerhaven, 2000) and ANT XX1/1 (Bremerhaven - Cape Town, 2003) continuous measurements of clouds and aerosol have been performed by a Mobile Aerosol Raman Lidar (MARL).
Immler, Franz +2 more
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Tropopause and cirrus clouds tops heights
, 2010 Abstract: Cirrus clouds have recently garnered much attention due to their important role and impact on the atmospheric radiative balance. This stresses the need for active remote sensing such as lidar, whose capability to perceive high and optically thin cirrus makes it one of the most accurate systems for cirri study. The dynamic range of backscatter
Lakkis, Susan Gabriela +2 more
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Analysis of satellite data for sensor improvement (detection of severe storms from space) [PDF]
Stereo photography of clouds over southeast Asia was obtained using NOAA-7 and the Japanese GMS. Due to the breakdown of GMS2, GMS1, which had been retired, is being used as the replacement satellite.
Fujita, T. T.
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Remote sounding through semi-transparent cirrus cloud [PDF]
A large portion of the earth is covered by thin semi-transparent cirrus cloud. The cirrus results from the natural injection of moisture into the upper troposphere by deep convection (i.e., anvils) and from man-made moisture injected into the upper ...
Ackerman, Steven A. +2 more
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Interpretation of cirrus cloud properties using coincident satellite and lidar data during the FIRE cirrus IFO [PDF]
The First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Intensive Field Observations (IFO) provide an opportunity to examine the relationships between the satellite observed radiances and various parameters which describe the bulk properties of clouds, such as
Alvarez, Joseph M. +4 more
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