Comparison of using distribution-specific versus effective radius methods for hydrometeor single-scattering properties for all-sky microwave satellite radiance simulations with different microphysics parameterization schemes
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jd026494
Abstract: The Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) presently uses one lookup table (LUT) of cloud and precipitation single-scattering properties at microwave frequencies, with which any particle size distribution may interface via effective radius. This may produce… read more here.
Keywords: scattering properties; effective radius; microphysics parameterization; single scattering ... See more keywords
Opposite Aerosol Index‐Cloud Droplet Effective Radius Correlations Over Major Industrial Regions and Their Adjacent Oceans
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DOI: 10.1029/2018gl077562
Abstract: Abstract The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) C6 L3 and the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA‐Interim reanalysis data from 2003 to 2016 are employed to study aerosol‐cloud correlations over three industrial regions… read more here.
Keywords: adjacent oceans; regions adjacent; opposite aerosol; effective radius ... See more keywords
Linear relationship between effective radius and precipitation water content near the top of convective clouds
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-2021-295
Abstract: Abstract. Quantifying the precipitation within clouds is a crucial challenge to improve our current understanding of the Earth’s hydrological cycle. We have investigated the relationship between the effective radius of droplets and ice particles (re)… read more here.
Keywords: effective radius; relationship; precipitation; convective clouds ... See more keywords