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Extinction-ice water content-effective radius algorithms for CALIPSO

AJ Heymsfield, D Winker, GJ van Zadelhoff

Interrelationships between volume extinction oefficient, ice water content (IWC), and effective radius (Reff), each dependent upon the particle size distribution (PSD) and temperature (T), are developed using in-situ microphysical measurements at low and midlatitudes, remote sensing data, and model results. The ratio IWC/extinxtion, proportional to Reff, increases with T. Lower values of [IWC/extinction] are observed near cloud top and base than within a cloud layer, although [IWC/extinction] changes more with temperature than relative height within the cloud. For equivalent radar reflectivities (Ze) below about 28 dB, the minimum detectable with forthcoming spaceborne cloud radar, [IWC/extinxtion] is a nearly constant value. IWC increases almost linearly with extinction, with a temperature-dependence noted.

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AJ Heymsfield, D Winker, GJ van Zadelhoff. Extinction-ice water content-effective radius algorithms for CALIPSO
Status: published, Journal: Geophys. Res. Lett., Volume: 32, Year: 2005, doi: 10.1029/2005GL022742

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