Articles | Volume 20, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14377-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14377-2020
Research article
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27 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 27 Nov 2020

Properties of ice cloud over Beijing from surface Ka-band radar observations during 2014–2017

Juan Huo, Yufang Tian, Xue Wu, Congzheng Han, Bo Liu, Yongheng Bi, Shu Duan, and Daren Lyu

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A detailed analysis of ice cloud physical properties is presented based on 4 years of surface Ka-band radar measurements in Beijing, where the summer oceanic monsoon from the ocean and winter continental monsoon prevail alternately. More than 6000 ice cloud clusters were studied to investigate their physical properties, such as height, horizontal extent, temperature dependence and origination type, which can serve as a reference for parameterization and characterization in global climate models.
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