Establishment of an analytical model for remote sensing of typical stratocumulus cloud profiles under various precipitation and entrainment conditions

Shang, Huazhe; Hioki, Souichiro; Penide, Guillaume; Cornet, Céline; Letu, Husi; Riedi, Jérôme

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2729-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2729-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2729-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 4

Research article

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27 Feb 2023

Research article |

| 27 Feb 2023

Establishment of an analytical model for remote sensing of typical stratocumulus cloud profiles under various precipitation and entrainment conditions

Huazhe Shang, Souichiro Hioki, Guillaume Penide, Céline Cornet, Husi Letu, and Jérôme Riedi

Data sets

Simulations of stratocumulus cloud fields using RAMS model G. Penide, H. Shang, S. Hioki, C. Cornet, H. Letu, and J. Riedi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7578991

Short summary

We find that cloud profiles can be divided into four prominent patterns, and the frequency of these four patterns is related to intensities of cloud-top entrainment and precipitation. Based on these analyses, we further propose a cloud profile parameterization scheme allowing us to represent these patterns. Our results shed light on how to facilitate the representation of cloud profiles and how to link them to cloud entrainment or precipitating status in future remote-sensing applications.