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
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2017 at "Journal of Geophysical Research"
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