Articles | Volume 20, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12889-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12889-2020
Research article
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05 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2020

A test of the ability of current bulk optical models to represent the radiative properties of cirrus cloud across the mid- and far-infrared

Richard J. Bantges, Helen E. Brindley, Jonathan E. Murray, Alan E. Last, Jacqueline E. Russell, Cathryn Fox, Stuart Fox, Chawn Harlow, Sebastian J. O'Shea, Keith N. Bower, Bryan A. Baum, Ping Yang, Hilke Oetjen, and Juliet C. Pickering

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Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements CEDA https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6ba397d6c8854da19bcced8ea588c1f9

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Understanding how ice clouds influence the Earth's energy balance remains a key challenge for predicting the future climate. These clouds are ubiquitous and are composed of ice crystals that have complex shapes that are incredibly difficult to model. This work exploits new measurements of the Earth's emitted thermal energy made from instruments flown on board an aircraft to test how well the latest ice cloud models can represent these clouds. Results indicate further developments are required.
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