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06 Dec 2018
Research article |
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| 06 Dec 2018
CALIPSO (IIR–CALIOP) retrievals of cirrus cloud ice-particle concentrations
Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA
Anne Garnier
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, Virginia, USA
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Jacques Pelon
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales,
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France
Ehsan Erfani
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences (AOES), George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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To realistically model a changing climate, global measurements of cirrus cloud ice-particle number concentration (N) and size (De) are needed, through which one may infer the general mechanism of ice formation. A satellite remote sensing method was developed to measure N and De. It was found that N was highest and De lowest at high latitudes. In the Arctic, cirrus clouds occurred much more often during winter, which may have an impact on mid-latitude winter weather.
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