Microphysical properties of three types of snow clouds: implication for satellite snowfall retrievals

Jeoung, Hwayoung; Liu, Guosheng; Kim, Kwonil; Lee, Gyuwon; Seo, Eun-Kyoung

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14491-2020

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30 Nov 2020

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| 30 Nov 2020

Microphysical properties of three types of snow clouds: implication for satellite snowfall retrievals

Hwayoung Jeoung, Guosheng Liu, Kwonil Kim, Gyuwon Lee, and Eun-Kyoung Seo

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RC1: 'Specific comments for minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'reply to comments from Reviewer #1', Guosheng Liu, 15 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Minor revisioin', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'reply to comments from Reviewer #2', Guosheng Liu, 15 Sep 2020
SC1: 'Comments and questions to Jeoung et al.', Stefan Kneifel, 22 Sep 2020
AC3: 'Reply to Stefan Kneifel Comments', Guosheng Liu, 28 Sep 2020

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AR by Guosheng Liu on behalf of the Authors (15 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Oct 2020) by Timothy Garrett

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AA by Guosheng Liu on behalf of the Authors (27 Nov 2020) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (27 Nov 2020) by Timothy Garrett

Short summary

Radar and radiometer observations were used to study cloud liquid and snowfall in three types of snow clouds. While near-surface and shallow clouds have an area fraction of 90 %, deep clouds contribute half of the total snowfall volume. Deeper clouds have heavier snowfall, although cloud liquid is equally abundant in all three cloud types. The skills of a GMI Bayesian algorithm are examined. Snowfall in deep clouds may be reasonably retrieved, but it is challenging for near-surface clouds.