Mixed-phase clouds: Progress and challenges

A Korolev, G McFarquhar, PR Field… - Meteorological …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mixed-phase clouds represent a three-phase colloidal system consisting of water vapor, ice
particles, and coexisting supercooled liquid droplets. Mixed-phase clouds are ubiquitous in …

Space‐based observations for understanding changes in the arctic‐boreal zone

BN Duncan, LE Ott, JB Abshire, L Brucker… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Observations taken over the last few decades indicate that dramatic changes are occurring
in the Arctic‐Boreal Zone (ABZ), which are having significant impacts on ABZ inhabitants …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution retrieval of cloud microphysical properties and surface solar radiation using Himawari-8/AHI next-generation geostationary satellite

H Letu, K Yang, TY Nakajima, H Ishimoto… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Optical properties of clouds and heavy aerosol retrieved from satellite measurements are the
most important elements for calculating surface solar radiation (SSR). The Himawari …

The MODIS cloud products: Algorithms and examples from Terra

S Platnick, MD King, SA Ackerman… - … on geoscience and …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is one of five instruments
aboard the Terra Earth Observing System (EOS) platform launched in December 1999. After …

Introducing the next-generation Advanced Baseline Imager on GOES-R

TJ Schmit, MM Gunshor, WP Menzel… - Bulletin of the …, 2005 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), designated to be one of the instruments on a future
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) series, will introduce a new era …

[HTML][HTML] CALIPSO/CALIOP cloud phase discrimination algorithm

Y Hu, D Winker, M Vaughan, B Lin… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
CALIPSO/CALIOP Cloud Phase Discrimination Algorithm in: Journal of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Technology Volume 26 Issue 11 (2009) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Occurrence, liquid water content, and fraction of supercooled water clouds from combined CALIOP/IIR/MODIS measurements

Y Hu, S Rodier, K Xu, W Sun, J Huang… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The CALIOP depolarization measurements, combined with backscatter intensity
measurements, are effective in discriminating between water clouds and ice clouds. The …

SIRTA, a ground-based atmospheric observatory for cloud and aerosol research

M Haeffelin, L Barthès, O Bock, C Boitel… - Annales …, 2005 - angeo.copernicus.org
Ground-based remote sensing observatories have a crucial role to play in providing data to
improve our understanding of atmospheric processes, to test the performance of …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the accuracy of rainfall rates from optical satellite sensors with machine learning—A random forests-based approach applied to MSG SEVIRI

M Kühnlein, T Appelhans, B Thies, T Nauss - Remote Sensing of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study aims to investigate the potential of the random forests ensemble
classification and regression technique to improve rainfall rate assignment during day, night …

Scattering and absorption property database for nonspherical ice particles in the near-through far-infrared spectral region

P Yang, H Wei, HL Huang, BA Baum, YX Hu… - Applied …, 2005 - opg.optica.org
The single-scattering properties of ice particles in the near-through far-infrared spectral
region are computed from a composite method that is based on a combination of the finite …