Intercomparison of snowfall estimates derived from the CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar and the ground-based weather radar network over Sweden [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2015 Accurate snowfall estimates are important for both weather and climate applications. Ground-based weather radars and space-based satellite sensors are often used as viable alternatives to rain gauges to estimate precipitation in this ...
L. Norin +4 more
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Spatial and temporal variability of snowfall over Greenland from CloudSat observations [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019 We use the CloudSat 2006–2016 data record to estimate snowfall over the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). We first evaluate CloudSat snowfall retrievals with respect to remaining ground-clutter issues.
R. Bennartz +5 more
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How much snow falls on the Antarctic ice sheet? [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2014 Climate models predict Antarctic precipitation to increase during the 21st century, but their present day Antarctic precipitation differs. A model-independent climatology of the Antarctic precipitation characteristics, such as snowfall rates and ...
C. Palerme +5 more
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Mind the gap – Part 1: Accurately locating warm marine boundary layer clouds and precipitation using spaceborne radars [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2020 Ground-based radar observations show that, over the eastern North Atlantic, 50 % of warm marine boundary layer (WMBL) hydrometeors occur below 1.2 km and have reflectivities of < −17 dBZ, thus making their detection from ...
K. Lamer +7 more
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Cloud Occurrences and Cloud Radiative Effects (CREs) from CCCM and CloudSat Radar-Lidar Products. [PDF]
J Geophys Res Atmos, 2017 AbstractTwo kinds of cloud products obtained from Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO), CloudSat, and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are compared and analyzed in this study: Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES)‐CALIPSO‐CloudSat‐MODIS (CCCM) product and CloudSat radar‐lidar ...
Ham SH +9 more
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Assessing observed and modelled spatial distributions of ice water path using satellite data [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2011 The climate models used in the IPCC AR4 show large differences in monthly mean ice water path (IWP). The most valuable source of information that can be used to potentially constrain the models is global satellite data.
S. Eliasson +4 more
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Filling the Gap of Wind Observations Inside Tropical Cyclones
Earth and Space Science, 2023 The WIVERN (WInd VElocity Radar Nephoscope) mission, currently under the Phase‐0 of the ESA Earth Explorer program, promises to provide new insight in the coupling between winds and microphysics by globally observing, for the first time, vertical ...
F. Tridon +4 more
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Earth and Space Science, 2021 Changes in the quantity of terrestrial Arctic snow have far‐reaching implications for the global water‐energy budget, ecosystem development, and cold region flooding.
Fraser King, Christopher G. Fletcher
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Uncertainty Analysis for CloudSat Snowfall Retrievals
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2011 Abstract A new method to derive radar reflectivity–snow rate (Ze–S) relationships from scattering properties of different ice particle models is presented. Three statistical Ze–i relationships are derived to characterize the best estimate and uncertainties due to ice habit. The derived relationships are applied to CloudSat data to derive
Ralf Bennartz +2 more
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Using CloudSat‐CPR Retrievals to Estimate Snow Accumulation in the Canadian Arctic
Earth and Space Science, 2020 Snow is a critical contributor to our global water and energy budget, with profound impacts for water resource availability and flooding in cold regions. The vast size and remote nature of the Arctic present serious logistical and financial challenges to
Fraser King, Christopher G. Fletcher
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