A two-habit model for the microphysical and optical properties of ice clouds

Liu, C.; Yang, P.; Minnis, P.; Loeb, N.; Kato, S.; Heymsfield, A.; Schmitt, C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13719-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13719-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13719-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 24

Research article

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22 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 22 Dec 2014

A two-habit model for the microphysical and optical properties of ice clouds

C. Liu, P. Yang, P. Minnis, N. Loeb, S. Kato, A. Heymsfield, and C. Schmitt

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Final revised paper (published on 22 Dec 2014)
Preprint (discussion started on 29 Jul 2014)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C6520: 'A two-habit model for the microphysical and optical properties of ice clouds', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Sep 2014
- AC C8306: 'Response to Review #1', Ping Yang, 21 Oct 2014
RC C6956: 'Review of ACP MS No.: acp-2014-441', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Sep 2014
- AC C8316: 'Response to Review #2', Ping Yang, 21 Oct 2014
SC C7285: 'specific comment', Bastiaan van Diedenhoven, 19 Sep 2014
- AC C8322: 'Responses to Dr. Bastiaan van Diedenhoven’s comments', Ping Yang, 21 Oct 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Ping Yang on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Nov 2014) by Xiaohong Liu

Short summary

An ice cloud model is developed by assuming an ice cloud to be an ensemble of columns and aggregates with specific habit fractions at each particle size bin. The microphysical and optical properties of this two-habit model (THM) are compared with both laboratory and in situ measurements. When the THM is applied to ice cloud property retrieval, excellent spectral consistency is achieved. A comparison between observed and theoretical polarized reflectivities illustrates the applicability of THM.