Testing an ensemble model of cirrus ice crystals using midlatitude in situ estimates of ice water content, volume extinction coefficient and the total solar optical depth

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 110, Issue 14-16, 2009, Pages 1579-1598

  Baran, Anthony J ^a   Connolly, P J ^b   Lee, C ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrus; General circulation models; Ice crystals; Parameterization; Radiative transfer; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; CIRRUS; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CIRRUS PROPERTIES; CLOUD PARTICLES; EFFECTIVE DIMENSIONS; ENGINEERING COMPANIES; ENSEMBLE MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; HEXAGONAL COLUMNS; HEXAGONAL PLATES; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE WATER CONTENT; IN-CLOUD TEMPERATURES; IN-SITU; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MIDLATITUDE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; VOLUME EXTINCTION;

AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ICE;

CIRRUS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE CRYSTAL; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649366348     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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