Overview: Fusion of radar polarimetry and numerical atmospheric modelling towards an improved understanding of cloud and precipitation processes

S Trömel, C Simmer, U Blahak, A Blanke… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Cloud and precipitation processes are still the main source of uncertainties in numerical
weather prediction and climate change projections. The Priority Program" Polarimetric …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic mixed-phase cloud properties derived from surface-based sensors at SHEBA

MD Shupe, SY Matrosov, T Uttal - Journal of the atmospheric …, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
Gayet, JF., S. Asano, A. Yamazaki, A. Uchiyama, A. Sinyuk, O. Jourdan, and F. Auriol, 2002:
Two case studies of winter continental-type water and mixed-phase stratocumuli over the …

Clouds at Arctic atmospheric observatories. Part II: Thermodynamic phase characteristics

MD Shupe - Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
Cloud phase defines many cloud properties and determines the ways in which clouds
interact with other aspects of the climate system. The occurrence fraction and characteristics …

Millimeter-wavelength radars: New frontier in atmospheric cloud and precipitation research

P Kollias, EE Clothiaux, MA Miller… - Bulletin of the …, 2007 - journals.ametsoc.org
During the past 20 yr there has been substantial progress on the development and
application of millimeter-wavelength (3.2 and 8.6 mm, corresponding to frequencies of 94 …

The mixed-phase Arctic cloud experiment

J Verlinde, JY Harrington… - Bulletin of the …, 2007 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE) was conducted from 27 September
through 22 October 2004 over the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation …

Low-level mixed-phase clouds in a complex Arctic environment

R Gierens, S Kneifel, MD Shupe, K Ebell… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Low-level mixed-phase clouds (MPCs) are common in the Arctic. Both local and large-scale
phenomena influence the properties and lifetime of MPCs. Arctic fjords are characterized by …

A focus on mixed-phase clouds: The status of ground-based observational methods

MD Shupe, JS Daniel, G De Boer… - Bulletin of the …, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
The phase composition and microphysical structure of clouds define the manner in which
they modulate atmospheric radiation and contribute to the hydrologic cycle. Issues regarding …

A ground‐based multisensor cloud phase classifier

MD Shupe - Geophysical Research Letters, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A method for classifying cloud phase from a suite of ground‐based sensors is outlined. The
method exploits the complementary strengths of cloud radar, depolarization lidar, microwave …

Effects of 20–100 nm particles on liquid clouds in the clean summertime Arctic

WR Leaitch, A Korolev, AA Aliabadi… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Observations addressing effects of aerosol particles on summertime Arctic clouds are
limited. An airborne study, carried out during July 2014 from Resolute Bay, Nunavut …

BASTA: A 95-GHz FMCW Doppler radar for cloud and fog studies

J Delanoë, A Protat, JP Vinson, W Brett… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Doppler cloud radars are amazing tools to characterize cloud and fog properties and to
improve their representation in models. However, commercially available cloud radars (35 …